Dinastía is the flagship Reserva of Finca Manzanos, an estate now run by the fifth generation. Tempranillo from the oldest, lowest-yielding vines ensures power and intensity of raspberry plum fruit wrapped in layers of toasty oak.
A remarkable red from a Rioja icon, López de Heredia. There’s no concession to modernity, with fermentation in 140-year-old wooden vats plus six years’ ageing in oak casks, the rest in bottle. 97 points from James Suckling, this is a Reserva legend.