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Good intensity on the nose, with ripe autumn fruits, warm spices and elegant toasty oak. The palate is rich, warming and velvet, with good acidity and noble tannins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTempranillo 90%, Garnacha 5%, Graciano 5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1940 the first Vina Real wines were launched. These wines were produced from grapes grown around Elciego, in the heart of the Rioja Alavesa province. These vineyards, to this day are still controlled by Vina Real and continue to border the 'Camino Real' or 'Royal Drive'; hence the origin of the Vina Real name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Vina Real wines are modern in structure, balance and elegance, with a potential for very long ageing in bottle, this last being the main characteristic of the Rioja Alavesa province.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Vina Real range is composed of Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva reds with this last style only produced from very good years and a Vina Real Barrel Fermented white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1879, two brothers set up a business in the recently flourishing trade of the wine business. 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