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"Campo Viejo, we salute you!"

Advantages: Ruby red Rioja from Spain, good taste and colour.
Disadvantages: Could be a little smoother.

Way up in the North of Spain, a long way from where I live on the South Coast, is an area known as Rioja. Under the hot Spanish sun the fertile vineyards produce some of Spain's most popular wines. It was there in 1959 that Jose Ortiguela founded the Bode ...

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Review of Campo Viejo Crianza Spain

Rioja bye baby on the tree top....

Advantages: Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum
Disadvantages: Not cheap

Campo Viejo Rioja Crianza 2007 Well, here I am, your resident wine expert back again. The last two days I have been waiting for plumbers to fix a leaking toilet. Not worrying for me, but worrying for the kind folks downstairs whose bathroom ceiling ...

TheHairyGodmother 28.04.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Campo Viejo Crianza Spain

Looking for a good red wine....you've found it!!

Advantages: Fantastic taste and easy to drink
Disadvantages: High alcohol content at 15%!!

Altos Del Conde Garnacha 2004 - Spain. Ultra-ripe Garnacha - brimming with sweet, peppery red fruit and an awesomely smooth 15% alcohol. The grapes for this wine were all hand harvested from low-yielding, old bush vines, which ensures exceptional r ...

mlc3188 17.02.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Altos Del Conde Garnacha 2004

Partying Spanish style

Advantages: Delicious and clean flavours, often on offer
Disadvantages: Simple and not long on palate, Sainsburys only

A beautiful sunny afternoon and good company. To put the icing on the cake a pleasant wine wouldn't go amiss. Perhaps something red, easy to drink, full of elegant fruit without mouth drying tannins. Spanish Garnacha hits the spot here with unerring accur ...

zallin 24.08.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Campaneo Old Vines Garnacha