Faustino - 2004 - Gran Faustino I Reserva Rioja - 750 ml.

Graciano and Mazuelo are the traditional minority partners to Tempranillo in Rioja, planted in far smaller numbers and used in small proportions to fill out a blend. Faustino I is the label here, and the vintage is 2004, which puts more than twenty years between the picking and the present. Old Rioja is one of the few categories where that is ordinary rather than remarkable.