Bodega La Encina

Vinessens

La Encina Centenaria Old Vines Monastrell 2014

Dried plum, black currant, and blueberry/blackberry reduction; Vanilla sweet wood, sweet cigar, black pepper and sage/rosemary(?) bouquet; balanced, majestic tannin. Smooth. Delicious. Bread garden recommendation at $13 price point. Can’t beat it. — 3 years ago

Bodega La Encina

Fortnum & Mason Vina del Encino Rioja Tempranillo Blend 2010

Just perfect... The right amount of everything! — 9 years ago

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Finca La Melonera

La Encina Inglés Ronda Garnacha-Syrah Blend 2021

Un gran descobriment, vi complexe amb tons de pebre, fruites vermelles madures i fins i tot noto tocs que em fan pensar en olives madures. Un gran vi, molt equilibrat. Relació qualitat preu molt bona. No us ho perdeu si voleu noves experiències — 8 months ago

Bodega La Encina

Leukade Rioja Tempranillo

Straddles the line between old and new style Rioja. Leather and spice on the nose, stewed plum on the palate. Grippy tannins. — 5 years ago

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Bodegas Portia

Crianza Ribera del Duero Tempranillo 2014

Buen Ribera, precio calidad fantastico. Un placer su maridaje en Restaurante Fuente de la encina — 7 years ago

Finca La Melonera

La Encina Inglés Blanco

50% Moscatel morisco, 40% Pedro Ximénez, 10% Doradilla autóctona de Málaga. Seco, equilibrado y un poco salino. Diferente y con personalidad propia. 10€ Buena RCP — 2 years ago

Bodegas Portia Prima

La Encina 2016

Delectable Wine
9.2

Deep, vivid violet. Oak-spiced dark berries, mocha and violet on the deeply perfumed nose. Deep, jammy black and blue fruit and vanilla flavors show good energy, and a peppery note adds spicy lift on the back half. The vanilla notes carry through the clinging, rounded finish, which is framed by well-knit tannins. Malo and 15 months of aging in new and used French oak barrels. (Josh Raynolds, Vinous, February 2021)
— 3 years ago

Bodega Abel Mendoza

Seleccion Personal Rioja Tempranillo 2010

Fantastic young Rioja... Truly special. Best non-reserve I have has yet! Had it at Echebarri in the Basque Country mountains on the way to San Sebastián, southeast of Bilbao - a 1-star restaurant that cooked everything over encina and grapevine wood - unbelievable, smoky flavors! — 11 years ago