Faustino V Reserva Rioja Spanish Red Wine, Tinto, 6 x 75 cl, 13.5% ABV: Oak-Aged Elegance Meets World-Renowned Mastery – A Taste of Spain's Rich Wine Heritage in Every Bottle

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The Faustino tradition is based on Rioja, and the various levels and categories within this spectrum are clearly defined. All the wines are called Faustino – the classification is then easy – Faustino I for the very top end, Faustino V for the classic, middle range, and Faustino VII for the younger, easier drinking styles. The Faustino bottle, with its dark, frosted glass, and old fashioned, highly traditional label, is one of the most instantly recognised Spanish wines in the UK. It is also one of the top 3 Spanish brands in the UK. Faustino Cava – Faustino also produce a range of Cavas, from their vineyards and winery in Catalonia. The range includes a brut, an extra dry, a demi-sec and also a Rose.

Faustino VII – a soft, approachable Rioja, made in the traditional manner, but embracing new techniques. Aged in oak for 10 months, it’s full of ripe strawberry and vanilla character, and is a great introduction to the Faustino style. Faustino Rioja - all the reds in the range are great food wines, but balance the intensity of the wine, with the intensity of the food. So Faustino VII, with its simple, fruity style, would be great with good, meaty burgers, meatballs, chorizo spiced rice dishes, and cheesy pasta.

Faustino V White

Bodegas Faustino was founded in 1861, when Eleuterio Martinez Arzok decided to follow his dreams, and bought a palace and vineyards in the region of Rioja, where he first established a wine company. At that time the wines were produced in bulk and sold locally. Rioja is steeped in centuries of tradition, from the grape varieties it is produced from, to the tightly controlled regions and indeed methods of production and ageing, and Faustino is part of that tradition. Respecting the rules, yet bringing modern thinking to the process, Faustino built an impressive new winery at the Faustino headquarters in 1968, to be followed in 1970, by an even more modern (for those days) winery at Bodegas Campillo (one the Faustino owned vineyards); further wineries were subsequently built and added to the portfolio as the business and the brand expanded. Faustino V Rioja Blanco (barrel fermented) – a white Rioja, made entirely from the Viura grape – barrel fermented, it has a rich, bone dry, yet intense character, with a lemon and coconut edge, and a rich, creamy style.

In the late 1950s, his similarly adventurous descendant, Julio Faustino Martinez, launched the family-owned label in both national and international markets. Today, Bodegas Faustino is Rioja's largest exporter of Gran Reserva wines. The winner of numerous awards and gold medals in international competitions and tastings, Bodegas Faustino is a proud custodian of the Rioja region's growing international reputation as a source of truly world-class fine wines.Faustino V Reserva – an older wine, benefitting from 16 months in oak barrels, and 2 years bottle ageing; elegant, silky, and ripe, full flavoured and lingering. Faustino Blanco V – another modern, stainless steel fermented white, with a gentle baked apple and citrus character – a great food wine.

Faustino I Gran Reserva – the flagship of the range, and a very mature, traditional style, with rich, complex and lingering character. As well as the Rioja classics Faustino now also produces some more modern styles of wine, and wines from different regions.Faustino Rosado – a great food wine, serve chilled with all manner of spicy tapas, chorizo, prawns, squid, tortilla and also non – Spanish food, such as seared tuna, and chilli spiced white meat dishes. Faustino Blanco VII – a fresh, zesty, young white, from the Viura, produced in stainless steel to maintain, its vibrant, citrussy edge. In 1930, Faustino Martinez Perez de Alberiz took over the business, and started to transform it into a company that bottled its own wines, and took pride in its heritage. He named the wines after various of the vineyards. Still in family ownership, as it remains today, in 1957 Juan Faustino-Martinez came to the helm, and began to build the business into the international wine brand that it is today, with the name Faustino clearly on the label of every bottle sold.