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| | The Wine News Magazine - Rosado - An Overlooked Pleasure |
 | | In La Rioja, first-rate rosados are made by CUNE (100 percent garnacha), Marqués de Cáceres (80 percent tempranillo/20 percent garnacha), El Coto (tempranillo/garnacha) Martínez Bujanda Valdemar (100 percent garnacha) and Don Jacobo (tempranillo/ garnacha). |
 | | This exotic blend of tempranillo, garnacha and viura is aged for two years in oak and released after ten; the current vintage, of which only 700 cases were made, is 1993! |
 | | In Cataluña, a few bodegas, such as Torres (De Casta), René Barbier, Jané Ventura and Vallformosa, rely on the native garnacha, cariñena and tempranillo for their rosados, but many others, especially in the main region of Penedès, are now using non-Spanish grape varieties, including merlot, cabernet sauvignon, pinot noir and even shiraz. |
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