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YEAR RATING   YEAR RATING   YEAR RATING   YEAR RATING   YEAR RATING
1925 MB   1945 B   1965 M   1985 B   2005 E
1926 M   1946 N   1966 N   1986 B   2006 MB
1927 M   1947 MB   1967 N   1987 MB   2007 MB
1928 MB   1948 E   1968 MB   1988 B   2008 MB
1929 N   1949 MB   1969 N   1989 B   2009 MB
1930 M   1950 N   1970 MB   1990 B   2010 E
1931 MB   1951 N   1971 M   1991 MB   2011 E
1932 N   1952 E   1972 M   1992 B      
1933 N   1953 M   1973 B   1993 B      
1934 E   1954 B   1974 B   1994 E      
1935 MB   1955 E   1975 MB   1995 E      
1936 N   1956 B   1976 B   1996 MB      
1937 N   1957 N   1977 N   1997 B      
1938 M   1958 E   1978 MB   1998 MB      
1939 N   1959 MB   1979 N   1999 B      
1940 N   1960 B   1980 B   2000 B      
1941 B   1961 B   1981 MB   2001 E      
1942 MB   1962 MB   1982 E   2002 B      
1943 B   1963 N   1983 B   2003 B      
1944 B   1964 E   1984 N   2004 E      
                           
                           
                           

E - EXCELLENT | MB - VERY GOOD | B - GOOD | N - SATISFACTORY | M - AVERAGE  

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The previous vintage assessment, carried out on young wines, is of a general nature and needs to be completed with references on how the wines of that vintage turn out after ageing.

The best information on vintage development:

The Rioja Control Board publishes a Vintage List, a novel piece of information on the way Rioja vintages evolve in their various categories -Crianza, Reserva y Gran Reserva. This type of chart is a pioneering effort in Spain, not available in any other wine region.

The "Rioja Vintage List" provides consumers with the criteria they require to know the optimal time for drinking cask-aged Rioja wines and guidelines on the general characteristics of each vintage. The recently edited List includes the last 10 vintages of aged wines and all the previous vintages that were officially rated as very good or excellent since the creation of the DO in 1925. Each vintage appears with the category or categories found on the market when the List is published. It will be renewed on a yearly basis.

The assessments of each vintage are based on the results of Stage II of the Quality Plan applied by the Control Board, which involves individual assessments of wines that are currently on the market carried out by expert tasters who are on the Appeals Committee. There is no hierarchical classification between vintages, but rather a series of pictograms that provide basic information to determine when the time is ripe to drink each vintage.

The excellent aptitude of Rioja wine for ageing undoubtedly constitutes one of its distinctive traits, as sown historically by the hundred-year-old bodegas in this wine region -one of the few in the world that can currently offer very old vintages. This new Vintage List will reinforce the image of Rioja for consumers and professionals alike, who will find it a useful source of information and guidance.

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