Vino tinto Crianza, Muga (6 unidades)
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Crianza Red Wine, Muga (6 units)
75 cl bottle A benchmark Crianza that is actually a Reserva. Muga Crianza is a red wine from the D.O.
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Original Made in Spain 2025

Technical sheet:

Winery: Muga

D.O.Ca: Rioja

Grape varieties: 70% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacha, 10% Mazuelo and Graciano

Alcohol: 14.0 % vol.

Tasting note: This is a medium-high intensity wine, ruby red in color with tile-red reflections. Dense tears create an enveloping sequence in the glass.
First come notes of red fruits such as blackberries, along with hints of spice. All of this is beautifully harmonized with smoky aromas from its time in lightly to medium-toasted oak. Vanilla pod appears in the background with notes of coffee.
On the palate, it has a smooth, rounded attack and enveloping tannins with menthol notes. Its interestingly persistent finish is especially noteworthy.

Serving temperature: 16º C

Geology and soil: Tertiary clay-limestone terraces.

Winemaking: Fermentation with indigenous yeasts in oak vats. Aged for 24 months in barrels made from oaks selected in our own cooperage. Before bottling, clarification is carried out with fresh egg white. Once bottled, it will undergo a refining process for at least twelve months in our cellar.

Pairing: At Made in Spain Gourmet, we recommend pairing it with white veal, Iberian cured meats and certain types of stew. It works well with semi-cured and cured sheep’s and goat’s cheeses, as well as creamy cheeses such as those from Oncala or Alma de Calaveruela.

The Muga vineyards

Probably one of the terroirs that best defines the typical character of wines made in Haro. Its geological and climatic features give the wines a marked personality with great aging potential, making it a unique setting in La Rioja. Located a few kilometers from Haro, it lies on a plateau with a very particular geological structure, to which we must add its excellent protection from the cold northern winds. In short, an exceptional vineyard. These were the first vineyards owned by the Muga family. The quality of its top-range wines lies in this paradisiacal setting. Tempranillo, Mazuelo and Graciano coexist in this vineyard to produce magnificent wines. This is an example of a family’s work to ensure quality for the future. Muga remains firmly committed to continuing to invest in the best terroirs in the area. For our newly planted vineyards, we not only seek to recover the highest-quality plots, but also work to ensure that the selection of each and every one of our vines is the very best; for this reason, Muga plants its vineyards using our own vine selection. These vineyards, located at the highest altitude in La Rioja and at the very limit of cultivation, produce wines with very good acidity and aging potential. Few wineries choose such extreme areas, but our distinctive cultivation system allows them to craft wines of the highest quality and discover the potential of each of their vineyards.

Rioja Alavesa: the elite of La Rioja wines

Rioja Alavesa is classified as a subzone within the Rioja Qualified Designation of Origin. It has 13,500 hectares of vineyards and several hundred wineries, resulting in an average annual production of around 40 million liters of wine.

The area produces mainly red wines with specific general characteristics, such as a bright, vivid color, a fine aroma, fruity flavor and pleasant palate. These qualities are due to the area’s clay-limestone soils, which are excellent for allowing the vines to absorb the moisture they need. The climate and the location of the vineyards, behind the Sierra de Toloño, also contribute to their quality by protecting the vines from cold northern winds and allowing them to make better use of the warmth.

Red wines are the most representative wines of the region and are made with the Tempranillo grape variety (around 79% of the total is produced from this grape), along with Garnacha, Mazuelo and Graciano.

Young wines, or reds of the year, are mostly made using the traditional carbonic maceration method, in which whole clusters are fermented in a “lagar” vat for seven to ten days. Once separated from the skins and stems, they are transferred to tanks where fermentation is completed.

Meanwhile, crianza, reserva and gran reserva wines are made using the Bordeaux method, or destemming. This consists of crushing the grapes after removing the stems and macerating the must with its skins for seven days. After several fermentations, the wine is transferred to barrels for aging. The length of time spent in barrel and bottle is what marks the difference between crianzas, reservas and gran reservas.

As rosé and white wines are increasingly appreciated both within Spain and beyond its borders, winemakers and oenologists are working to produce quality wines in these styles, in a commitment to reaching every market.

Bodegas Muga

Muga is one of those few wineries in Rioja that has managed to unite the most deeply rooted family tradition with a renewed vision for the future, allowing it to preserve a unique character and personality in its wines. Its present-day origins date back to 1932, when winemaking began in a typical winery in the old quarter of Haro, the capital of Rioja Alta. Forty years later, Isaac Muga Martínez purchased a 19th-century manor house in the city’s emblematic Barrio de la Estación. Shortly afterward, in 1969, he passed away, and his sons Manuel and Isaac took the reins of the family business, which today has also been joined by their own children. The vineyards of Bodegas Muga—El Estepal, La Loma, Baltracones, and Sajazarra—are located on the slopes of the Montes Obarenes, in the heart of Rioja Alta, where they enjoy a distinctive climate. The unique geography and orientation of the hillsides, together with their location at the crossroads of the surrounding climates—Mediterranean, Atlantic, and continental—come together harmoniously to create an ideal climatic setting for grapes. The soils in this area are mostly clay-limestone, but they are subdivided into small plots with variations in their physical and chemical properties, giving each vineyard site its own clearly defined personality. This rich interplay of climatic and soil influences defines a long growing cycle in which the grapes and all their components undergo a delicate, prolonged, and complex ripening process. This undoubtedly explains the high regard in which this winegrowing area is held. Here, Bodegas Muga owns 200 hectares of its own vineyards, while also managing up to 150 additional hectares belonging to other growers. These lands are planted with varieties such as Tempranillo—the essence of the red wines—Garnacha, Mazuelo, and Graciano, as well as Viura and Malvasia for the whites. Across its nearly 25,000 square meters, everything revolves around oak. Bodegas Muga has four fermentation rooms with 90 wooden vats ranging in capacity from 3,000 to 15,000 kilograms. Thanks to this broad range of possibilities, the grapes can be vinified individually according to their quality and vineyard of origin. Bodegas Muga is one of the few Spanish wineries with its own cooperage. Three coopers and a master vat maker work the oak in the traditional way, as it was done in the past. This space, located next to the winemaking area, is one of the most cherished by both the owners and visitors. Watching the staves being bent and the wood mastered as these artisans do it is a unique experience. An exemplary winery and one of the most prestigious in La Rioja, Bodegas Muga has, from the very beginning, produced vintage after vintage of wines bearing the family hallmark: “Muga style”.
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