Product Overview
93 Points - Wine Advocate
"The 2017 Viña Arana Gran Reserva, produced with Tempranillo and a kick from 5% Graciano (not with Mazuelo like in the past) from the Montecillo estate in Fuenmayor. The destemmed and crushed grapes were previously selected by an optical machine and fermented in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts for 16 days. The wine matured in American oak barrels for three years, during which time it was racked six times, keeping the two varieties separate, then blending them before the bottling operation. The wine feels closed and took time in the glass to start opening up, showing quite young and undeveloped. It's quite monolithic, solid and seamless, but it has not developed the complexity and nuance of other wines here. It has good ripeness, 14% alcohol, a pH of 3.66 and five grams of acidity. It was bottled in January 2022." -JH, 3/12/26
93 Points - Vinous
"The 2017 Gran Reserva Viña Arana (95% Tempranillo, 5% Graciano; Rioja Alta) was aged for three years in American oak with traditional semiannual rackings. Aromatically textbook, the nose offers clove, tar, vanilla and forest floor with the gentle patina of development. On the palate, it is dry and enveloping, with fine but still gently reactive tannins. Composed and classical, this Gran Reserva shows balance and restraint." -JH, Apr/2026
