2020 Rioja Crianza, Sancho Garcés, Bodegas Patrocinio

What makes the new 2020 vintage of Sancho Garcés's Rioja Crianza even more irresistible is the fact that it's now in our warehouse and can soon be at your door. Simple. No pre-shipment periods or lesser substitutes to endure.

All in perfect time: with the barbecueing season soon to be a-sizzle, Sancho Garcés's Crianza is your go-to Rioja for greeting what'll come off the grill this spring and summer. An expressive, textured, barrel-aged tempranillo blend made from the region's finest vineyards in the heart of La Rioja Alta - one that pairs supremely with pretty much anything over flame. And so expressive, in fact, that Tim Atkin MW awarded their 2017 vintage as 'Best Value Red Rioja 2021' from among as many as 1,200 tasted.

Tasting the 2020, we can assure you Sancho Garcés have again kept strictly to form. And that resistance is futile.

Tasting note:
A classic crianza with flavours of fresh, lush berry fruits balanced with very well-judged use of oak. This wine doesn't exhibit powerful oak flavours but the barrel ageing lends the wine extra character, roundness and complexity, with flavours of cinnamon, exotic spice and wood smoke swirling around the generous red fruits.

Critic's review:
"Best value red of the year, a small coop in Uruñuela in the Rioja Alta... Sancho Garcés Crianza, Unbelievable and this is pure tempranillo FANTASTIC VALUE FOR MONEY..."
Tim Atkin MA (previous vintage)