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Riaza wines enjoy success with Graciano grapes
The 2010 Riaza Hunters Oak Clements Hills-Lodi Tempranillo is soft and smooth with a red cherry fruit taste embedded in chestnut and dill-like oak tones.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 9, 2013 12:00 am
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Updated: 6:53 am, Wed Jan 9, 2013.
Riaza wines enjoy success with Graciano grapes
It was during one of their first trips to Spain when Rick and Erin Taylor first tasted a wine made from the Graciano grape, right from a barrel in a little bodega (winery).
"We were blown away," says Mr. Taylor. "It was unlike anything else we'd ever tasted."
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