We are in luck at Made in Spain Gourmet, because the wines we select for our clients are internationally recognized, although it is no surprise to us when we know the potential of their owners.

The winery Remirez de Ganuza, one of the selected wineries in Made in Spain Gourmetas one of the best in the DO La Rioja, has achieved a new international recognition. The Reserva 2009 has been included among the ten best wines in the world in 2022 by the magazine “The Drinks Business” according to the assessment of its chief editor and Master of Wine, Patrick Schmitt. It is a source of pride for us to see how this wine is recognized at such a high level, but we are not surprised because Ganire's Remirez does things very well

We join its owner, Jose Ramon Urtasun to celebrate this recognition, but which also helps to improve the positioning of the La Rioja brand internationally. And it is that things are being done very well in that region, and the recognitions are "normal" to receive them.

Currently we have the 2016 one on the web at a very attractive price. A wine that will undoubtedly increase its value over the years. And it is that, although you can already enjoy it, when you are 10 years old, it will be perfect to drink at that time. But as I always say, that already depends on oneself. If you want to open it now, enjoy it and are happy, then very well. If you want and prefer to keep it, and wait for that time for a tremendous and unique moment, well, that's fine too. One piece of advice, buy it soon because they sell out fast!!

 "It is a wine that has many ripe, leathery and sweet balsamic characters, along with stewed fruit, and even a note of berry jam. Complimenting these flavors is a touch of cedar, dark chocolate and spice, as well as a lovely texture, which starts out meaty and ends chewy and fresh.» This is how Schmitt described it.

And it is that as I said before, it is a wine with a very good aging capacity and very good evolution because it still has fruit and freshness left, but it is already developing other nuances that make it complex. The Remírez de Ganuza Reserve It comes from vineyards with an average age of 60 years and distributed in nine different municipalities, all of them at the foot of the Sierra Cantabria, and its grapes are Tempranillo, the majority with a touch of Graciano and the skins of Viura and Malvasía.

We know how to choose Made in Spain Gourmet to the wineries that we want to be part of our family, that is, to the people who are very clear about what they want to achieve, and where they want to position themselves. The international recognition of Remírez de Ganuza is increasing every day (growth in 2022 of more than 30%, these are figures only for a privileged few.

And a devastating fact, it has become the winery in the first winery in La Rioja that is capable of selling more than 50.000 with a price of more than 50 euros. Specifically 52,552.

For a company that has been built little by little, with patience, but with unbeatable guidelines to follow, which have given it recognition that is now pushing the brand.

There is only one SECRET, and it is to focus on small, high-level productions and the behavior of the markets. Because the consumer is becoming polarized because there is increasing pressure in the higher volume ranges and greater recognition in the high ranges. A trend, which is worldwide, because the world's great wines are increasingly being auctioned at more expensive and Remirez de Ganuza, without being in that range because if you compare them with them, their wines are affordable, being of the high range within Rioja.

Dear Made in Spain Lover, and a lover of wines, this "boutique" winery, with its 80 hectares of its own vineyard spread over more than 200 plots and its 150.000 bottles a year, changed the way of acting in La Rioja in the 90s, and that differentiation is now when the fruits are harvested, the best fruits. And because they are faithful to the grapes of the region.

Its owner, Jose Ramon Urtasún, opted for his partner and talented viticulturist, Fernando Remirez de GanuzaNow that he is the sole owner since 2019, he continues to pamper the vineyards even more, if possible,

to continue being benchmarks in the long aging, with some reserves and great reserves that have shown that only time is capable of making the desire pursued by the winery come true.

On our website you can enjoy several of its references, all of them are a real pleasure to taste alone or with a good pairing. Made in Spain Gourmet.