ABACELA VINEYARDS TEMPRANILLO FIESTA

Oregon's Umpqua Valley sits at a latitude and elevation profile that closely mirrors the Spanish Rioja climatic conditions ideal for Tempranillo — the scientific hypothesis Earl and Hilda Jones tested when they founded Abacela in 1995, naming the winery after the Spanish verb meaning "to plant a vine." Fruit for this Fiesta bottling comes from Abacela's Estate Fault Line Vineyards, with winemaker Andrew Wenzl handling production. It pours bright garnet, opens with cherry, plum, and red fruit aromatics, and delivers a silky palate of black currant and blue fruit with soft, rounded tannins.