Klein Constantia: stellar whites, sweet and dry 
Marqués de Riscal: Gehry hotel outshining solid Rioja and Rueda 
La Rioja Alta: benchmark classical Riojas especially top flight Gran Reservas 
Marqués de Murrieta: Rioja aristocracy built around Castillo Ygay 
CVNE: Combining volume and classical quality 
Contino: Château-style Rioja and Graciano pioneers 
£8.99; 12.5%
I stuck this label in securely intending to write it up when I drank the 2nd bottle (having left it too long before writing the note to remember the details well enough). It took… a while! See several pages ahead, for a vertical tasting of 1995, 1997, 1998 and 1999 Les Meysonniers, along with the 1999 Jaboulet Thalabert Crozes-Hermitage!
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