Bodegas Franco-Espanolas Rioja Royal Reserva 1970 NO20230719 Fancy labels come and go—Beefeater’s

Fancy labels come and go—Beefeater’s still pouring

just west of Givry

Aged white rum produced by St

elegance and lightness) comes from Epernay and some of the best crus of the Côte des Blancs

The majority of the grapes that go in to this bottling are from very old vines

Bodegas Franco-Espanolas Rioja Royal Reserva 1970 NO20230719 Fancy labels come and go—Beefeater’sFounded in 1890 by a Bordeaux native, Bodegas Franco Espaolas represents a unique moment in Rioja's historyFrench winemaking expertise arriving to replant vineyards devastated by phylloxera. By 1970, the winery was wholly Spanish, yet the Bordeaux legacy lived in its classical approach. This Royal Reserva from that spectacular vintage embodies extended aging and wines that improve for decades. The year Rioja earned its official DO statuswinemakers