Bodegas Aster ★ 4.5
The La Rioja Alta group's Ribera del Duero estate at Anguix, applying the same philosophy of long oak ageing from the Rioja parent to produce Aster Crianza, Reserva and the prestige Finca el Otero from estate Tinto Fino.
A Burgos-province estate near Hontangas producing the Hacienda Solano Crianza, Reserva and the Señorío de Solano range from parcels on the chalk-clay high plateau east of Aranda de Duero.
Address: Carretera de Aranda km 3.5, 09318 Hontangas, Burgos, Spain, Ribera del Duero
The La Rioja Alta group's Ribera del Duero estate at Anguix, applying the same philosophy of long oak ageing from the Rioja parent to produce Aster Crianza, Reserva and the prestige Finca el Otero from estate Tinto Fino.
Juan Carlos Vizcarra's family estate at Mambrilla de Castrejón producing Vizcarra Roble, Crianza, Senda del Oro and the prestige Vizcarra 15 Meses from high-altitude Tinto Fino, respected for freshness and balance.
A small La Aguilera estate focused on single-vineyard old-vine Tinto Fino, producing just two labels, Astrales and Christina (a second wine), with the winery respected by critics for its consistently elegant interpretation.
A Pedrosa de Duero estate producing the Teófilo Reyes Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva from old-vine Tinto Fino, a historic bodega that influenced a generation of Ribera winemakers in the 1980s.
A La Horra estate producing the Pradorey Élite, Reserva and the Albillo Mayor white, with modern winemaking in a 21st-century gravity-flow cellar and a hotel for wine-tourism stays.
The single-vineyard Pago San Vicente expression produced under the Aalto label by Mariano García, sourced from a specific old-vine parcel in the Valladolid sector and vinified separately from the Aalto estate blend.
The La Rioja Alta group's Ribera del Duero estate at Anguix, applying the same philosophy of long oak ageing from the Rioja parent to produce Aster Crianza, Reserva and the prestige Finca el Otero from estate Tinto Fino.