Proximo
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled red meats, traditional Spanish tapas such as patatas bravas and cured chorizo, and medium-cured cheeses like Manchego.
✨ Technical Specifications
Marques de Riscal, founded in 1858, is a true pioneer of Rioja, famously introducing Bordeaux winemaking techniques to the region. While celebrated for its historic, long-aged Reservas, the estate created Proximo as a vibrant, contemporary tribute to the Tempranillo grape. Sourced from the clay-limestone vineyards of Rioja Alavesa, this wine is crafted to highlight fresh, primary fruit characteristics. Unlike its heavily oaked siblings, Proximo undergoes a brief aging period in oak barrels, resulting in an approachable, supple red wine that captures the youthful energy of Rioja's terroir while maintaining the winery's historic commitment to quality.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1858 by Camilo Hurtado de Amézaga, Marqués de Riscal is one of the oldest and most pioneering wineries in Spain's Rioja region, situated in the historic town of Elciego. The estate revolutionized Spanish viticulture by introducing Bordeaux-style vinification and barrel aging techniques, earning worldwide acclaim as the first non-French wine to win the Diploma of Honor at the Exhibition of Bordeaux in 1895. In addition to its legendary, structured Rioja Reserva and Gran Reserva Tempranillo expressions, the bodega expanded into Castilla y León in the 1970s, playing an instrumental role in establishing the Rueda appellation with benchmark Verdejo and Sauvignon Blanc wines. Today, Marqués de Riscal seamlessly fuses classical winemaking mastery with avant-garde innovation, epitomized by its iconic Frank Gehry-designed winery complex.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano, Mazuelo