2021 | Aiurri 'Salas' | Rioja The Hamptons Long Island #9 - Wine Spectator Top

#9 - Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2025

white flower

tropical and peachy fruit character

Explosively fruity aromas and flavors of blackberry

2021 | Aiurri 'Salas' | Rioja The Hamptons Long Island #9 - Wine Spectator TopFrom one plot of clonally biodiverse old vines growing in rocky soils planted to mostly Tempranillo with a healthy amount of Graciano, Monastrell, and other grapes, the 2021 Salas was harvested in two phases two weeks apart. Highly rich in balsamic and spicy black pepper, the grape juice is black at harvest and remains super dark inky in color. Violet aromas permeate the medium bodied core of earthy, crushed rock minerality from an intensely powerful