A Look At Rioja Reservas Wines

Evan Sklar for The New York Times

For Reservas, No Cellar Required -- New York Times

IT’S accepted wisdom today that most wine drinkers do not have the money, the storage space or the patience to wait years as their bottles age to maturity. Consumers expect wines to be ready, or at least enjoyable, immediately after they buy them.

That’s a marked departure from the old days, when it might never have occurred to our wine-loving forebears to pull the cork on, say, a decent Bordeaux before it was 12 or 15 years old. As a result, many producers around the world have altered their methods in an effort to make wines that are more accessible when young.

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My Comment: I agree. I have always been pleasantly surprised by these wines.