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1974 vintage guide for Spain Rioja

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An average year without any notable highs or lows

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An unexciting vintage although some producers still made good wines – notably Contino (in its first full year), Martínez Bujanda and Salceda. Faustino made 3% Gran Reserva. Almost nobody else made any at all.

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