Casa Roja 2016

Martínez Bujanda have brought a “new benchmark of quality to Rioja” (Independent). This top family estate stretches back five generations to when the winery was little more than a red hut – Casa Roja. These days the cellar is state of the art and the passion for excellence that has seen the Bujandas through depression and civil war has not changed. Tony Laithwaite first imported wine from Martínez Bujanda in the 1980s. The friendship runs deep, and just as well because, since Casa Roja has won three Golds in the last trio of vintages, everyone wants it. Fortunately we have exclusivity in the UK. It’s a lovely, supple, berry filled red that will give great pleasure as a glass on its own or with simple meals such as rice pilaf or pesto pasta.