Rioja Report 2025

It is both serendipitous and meaningful that a landmark edition of Decanter’s annual Rioja guide – inclusive, for the first time, of a comprehensive report on new releases – coincides with a landmark anniversary of the DOCa Rioja. As the denomination celebrates its centenary, we commit to an ever more complete coverage of the region at a time of exciting evolution and transformation. While analysing the past 12 months and century, this guide looks decisively to the future. Rioja’s new generation of winemakers and entrepreneurs are a promise of great things to come. Could we be entering a post-post-modern period in Rioja’s history? I think so. Many of the top-scoring wines in our report might already be pages of that new chapter. Here’s to another 100 years of a fascinating narrative!