2017 Bodegas Hermanos Pecina Senorio de P. Pecina Rioja Crianza [WA92]

  Producer: Bodegas Hermanos Pecina Region: Rioja, Spain Blend: 95% Tempranillo, 3% Graciano, 2% Garnacha Year: 2017   Wine Advocate, 92 Points  "They are convinced at the winery that the 2015 Señorío de P. Peciña Crianza is the best Crianza they have ever produced, which is often the case with the current vintage for sale... But I must admit that the wine was very impressively balanced, nuanced and complex. It has freshness and is approachable enough while showing Rioja character and integrated oak to appeal to a wide audience. It's ripe without excess, coming through as juicy and tasty. It spent two years in used American oak barrels."  Featured in our Top 10 Under $20: Red Wine Edition blog post! This is a truly artisan-scale Rioja crafted in the Old World tradition, exuding both masculinity and finesse.  Pedro Peciña, former winemaker at the legendary La Rioja Alta, has acquired a handful of small parcels planted in thin, chalky soils throughout the slightly cooler, high-eleva