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Hugonell Rioja Crianza is an approachable, traditionally styled Rioja made by Bodegas Ondarre, a winery with particular expertise in Rioja's established ageing styles. Tempranillo leads the blend, with small amounts of Garnacha and Mazuelo adding to its generous red berry fruit and smooth, rounded character.
Twelve months in a mixture of American and French oak brings familiar vanilla, gentle spice and savoury complexity without taking attention away from the fruit. It's a particularly appealing choice when you want recognisable Crianza character and proper maturation in a wine designed to be straightforward, dependable and immediately enjoyable.
Hugonell Rioja Crianza gives you the flavours that make traditional Crianza so immediately recognisable: ripe red berry fruit, vanilla, gentle spice and savoury oak, brought together in a smooth, rounded and approachable style.
There's also reassuring Rioja expertise behind the bottle. Hugonell Crianza is made by Bodegas Ondarre, a winery particularly experienced in producing traditional Rioja ageing styles, giving this accessible Crianza a very sound foundation.
Merchant's Tip
This is a particularly good choice if what you want from Crianza is simply a dependable, traditional-tasting Rioja that's easy to enjoy. There's proper oak-aged character here, but the ripe berry fruit remains generous and the wine never becomes unnecessarily serious or demanding.
Nose
Ripe strawberry and red berry fruit with vanilla, gentle spice and increasingly savoury notes from oak maturation.
Palate
Smooth and rounded, with generous ripe berry fruit at its centre. Vanilla, spice and subtle savoury oak add traditional Crianza character and complexity without overwhelming the fruit.
Finish
Soft and balanced, with lingering red fruit, vanilla and gently savoury spice.
Choose Hugonell if you want a traditional-tasting Rioja Crianza with proper oak-aged character but don't need the wine to be particularly powerful or complex. Its appeal lies in combining familiar Crianza flavours with ripe fruit, smooth texture and straightforward drinkability.
If you're unsure whether this fruit-and-oak balance is what you're looking for, our Crianza vs Reserva vs Gran Reserva guide explains how Rioja's different ageing styles change the character of the wine.
Tempranillo makes up 90% of the blend, providing the ripe berry fruit and structure at the heart of the wine, while small amounts of Garnacha and Mazuelo complete the traditional Rioja blend.
The wine is made by Bodegas Ondarre, drawing fruit from across Rioja Alavesa, Rioja Alta and Rioja Oriental. After fermentation, malolactic conversion takes place in concrete before the wine spends 12 months in 225-litre oak barrels.
Those barrels combine American and French oak and vary considerably in age. Rather than simply adding a strong layer of new oak, the maturation brings vanilla, spice, savoury complexity and softness while allowing the ripe fruit to remain central to the wine.
If you'd like to know more about the winery behind Hugonell Crianza, our Bodegas Ondarre guide explores the producer and its approach to Rioja in more detail.
Hugonell's combination of ripe fruit, smooth tannins and savoury oak makes it an easy partner for roast lamb, grilled meats, game and mature cheeses. It also works particularly well with Spanish dishes such as jamón Ibérico, tortilla and meat-based paella.
Serve at around 16–18°C. There's no need to make this wine complicated: open it, give it a little time in the glass and enjoy.
For more ideas, our Rioja Food Pairing Guide explores which foods work particularly well with different styles of Rioja.
Hugonell makes sense once you understand what's behind it. This isn't trying to be an individual vineyard expression or an unusually ambitious interpretation of Crianza. It's an accessible, recognisable example of the style, made by a winery that understands traditional Rioja maturation extremely well.
That makes its straightforwardness a strength rather than a limitation: ripe fruit, smooth texture and familiar oak-aged Rioja character, delivered in a dependable bottle that's very easy to enjoy.
If Hugonell has confirmed that this is the style of Rioja you enjoy, our Rioja Crianza collection lets you explore other interpretations of the same ageing style.
If the connection with the winery behind Hugonell interests you, continue with our Bodegas Ondarre guide to discover the producer and understand how its own Rioja range approaches different grapes and ageing styles.
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