Rioja

[n144mann]

Thanks Jason. I visited with the manager of one of our larger retailers here about these wines last night, and you pretty much echo what he said. He was helpful in that I have some Berberana (it was cheap and I was feeling adventurous). He told me he had opened some and even after letting it breathe for 3-4 hours it was just tooo young.(1996 vintage, 100% tempranillo) I have tried some of the whites. Had some Marues de Caceres dry white.(white from Rioja Alta, 100% Viura grape) It was a spectator selection so thought i'd give it a try. Pretty nice with seafood (we had it with crab). Thanks again for the info!
Nancy