Walk into any supermarket in Spain and you will find wines from Rioja at prices that are clearly below the cost of production.
And in markets abroad, there are always deals for Rioja, even reserva and gran reserva wines.
But there is a difference between cheap (the ‘entry-level’ proposition Ines Salpico mentions in her introduction to this report) and value, and what we encountered in this tasting were wines offering fabulous pleasure, a sense of place and great bang for your buck! Value.
Scroll down for notes and scores of the tasting’s best value wines
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Rioja Report 2025: The best for value
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