Vina Olabarri Rioja Crianza 2019 merlot salt-crusted earth and floral blossoms

salt-crusted earth and floral blossoms all the way down

leather and restrained cassis

aiming for a full bodied wine with with a hint of botrytis

tobacco leaf

Less soil than expected

Vina Olabarri Rioja Crianza 2019 merlot salt-crusted earth and floral blossomsAn attractive wine, for anyone, for any occasion. Bodegas Olabarris own description of this wine neatly sums up its easy and delicious character. This is the sort of wine that knows its not the main character. The Olabarri Crianza is intended to accompany a good meal or a good conversation, but not to intrude on either. This principle has been at the heart of Olabarri since 1985, when Pablo Olabarri Bikandi founded the winery to make elegant,