🇪🇸 Bodegas Navajas Graciano Crianza

Bodegas Navajas Graciano Crianza – 100% Graciano Red from Rioja Alta

Bold, Barrel-Aged Rioja with a Rebel Soul

Dark Horse of Rioja. Literally.

While everyone else is blending Tempranillo, Bodegas Navajas is bottling pure, barrel-aged Graciano—and doing it damn well. Grown in the heights of Rioja Alta, this wine brings the spice, the structure, and the swagger.

Graciano is one of Spain’s least planted but most characterful grapes: high in acidity, low in yield, and moody as hell in the vineyard. But when it works? It’s magic. The 12 months of oak aging give this wine a smoky backbone without drowning its wild soul.

👨👩👦 The Winery: Bodegas Navajas

A third-generation, family-run estate in Navarrete, Bodegas Navajas has been flying just under the radar since 1918—making expressive, small-production Rioja wines with serious aging potential. Their Graciano Crianza is a tribute to the variety’s purity and potential, handled with love and restraint.

💬 Critic Vibes

(While not widely reviewed by major outlets, this bottling has earned cult praise for its purity and drinkability.)

💭 “Like Tempranillo’s cool, leather-jacketed cousin.”
💭 “Graciano with guts. Wild herbs, dark fruit, and a smoky frame—perfect for steak night or stormy thoughts.”

🍷 Tasting Notes

• Color: Deep ruby with violet edges

• Nose: Black plum, crushed violets, wild thyme, black pepper, and toasted oak

• Palate: Medium-full bodied with tension and elegance. Juicy black fruit meets firm tannins and savory spice. Balanced acidity gives it grip and lift

• Finish: Smoky, herbal, and long—lingers with a confident, earthy bite

🍽️ Perfect Pairings

• Grilled lamb chops or pork shoulder

• Smoked eggplant with cumin

• Manchego + quince paste

• That one night a week you light candles and don’t talk to anyone

📦 Wine Specs

• Variety: 100% Graciano

• Region: Rioja DOCa, Spain (Rioja Alta)

• Vintage: 2019 (check label)

• ABV: 13.5%

• Aging: 12 months in American and French oak

• Farming: Sustainable, estate-grown

• Bottle Size: 750ml

• Serve At: 16–18°C

• Cellaring Potential: Now–2028+

For when you want Rioja—but not the predictable kind.
Grab your bottle of Navajas Graciano Crianza now and taste Spain’s most rebellious red, straight from the highlands of Rioja Alta 🍷🌿