Bodegas Muga ★ 4.7
Family bodega in Haro's Barrio de la Estacion with its own cooperage; guided tours end in a tasting of estate Riojas across the ageing rooms.
Where to taste Malvasia in Rioja: the estates that grow it, how the region expresses the grape, and how to book a visit.
Malvasia estates in Rioja
Abel Mendoza Monge ★ 4.7
A 37-plot grower-producer in San Vicente de la Sonsierra making precise single-variety whites and serious Graciano. A reference for left-bank Sonsierra terroir.
Tip: The white grape varietal bottlings are the connoisseur's pick; allocations are small and move through specialist merchants rather than the cellar door.
Bodega Tentenublo Wines ★ 4.6
Roberto Olivan's low-intervention, old-vine project near Vinaspre, making vivid field-blend Rioja with spontaneous ferments and minimal sulfites.
Tip: Look for the village-and-vineyard bottlings rather than the entry wine; the Escondido and single-site cuvees show what old-vine Vinaspre can do.