Rioja wines have different label colors to indicate their aging lengths and wine styles. Here’s a quick guide to Rioja label colors.
Rioja Green Label Color – Joven or Generic
Discover: Joven wine deep dive.
Fun Wine Fact: Cosecha in Spanish means “harvest”. The grapevine covers the “h” in the Rioja wine label design above.
Rioja Red Label Color – Crianza
Discover: Rioja Crianza wine quick guide.
Rioja Burgundy Label Color – Reserva
Discover: Rioja Reserva wine quick guide.
Rioja Dark Blue Label Color – Gran Reserva
Rioja Label Colors for Sparkling Wines
Rioja Green Label Color – Generic Sparkling or Espumoso Genérico
Rioja Burgundy Label Color – Reserve Sparkling or Espumoso Reserva
Rioja Dark Blue Label Color – Espumoso Gran Añada
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Check out the Rioja wine classifications and aging requirements.
Here’s a fun post on how Rioja became Spain’s wine powerhouse.
