Almost four years ago, we wrote this about the 2001 Faustino Rioja Gran Reserva,<\/p>\n
\u201cAn amazing Rioja, a surprising review, and a price that’s under $30… here we have the makings of one of the most exciting offers we have presented this year. Sure, we ‘play the hits’ as well as anyone, promoting hot buys and wines that get big reviews. However, unlike a lot of other wine merchants, we put a lot more effort into developing brands that we happen to like ourselves whether or not they have been favored by the media. Faustino Rioja is one of those brands (particularly their Gran Reserva) that we have developed over the years simply because\u00a0we<\/em>\u00a0happen to like it (gasp).\u201d<\/p>\n That was a pre-arrival offer we did in November of 2013, and it did prove to be one of the most exciting offers we did that year, and the year after that, and even for our Anniversary sale last year.\u00a0 How does such a spectacular wine and value stay on the market for so long?\u00a0 We alone sold about 1000 cases of it, and it seemed that every time we thought it was almost gone, the supplier \u2018found\u2019 some more.\u00a0 It got to the point where we kind of took it for granted.\u00a0 How much of a wine that was a 97 point, Decanter Magazine Wine of the Year did these guys make anyway?<\/p>\n Suffice it to say it has been an amazing run almost unparalleled in our history, and the Faustino I Rioja Gran Reserva 2001<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>has made many happy customers as well as having been a welcome go-to for us.\u00a0 I mean, how many 97-point, 16-year-old reds are out there under $30?\u00a0 Only one we know of.\u00a0 But for all of you who have been fans of this (and there must be a few if you), this really is the \u2018last call\u2019 on this special wine.\u00a0 Judging from what the wholesaler has left, it will sell out some time, without warning, over the next month.<\/p>\n Yeah, we know we have intimated before that the party was over, only to be told by the purveyor that another batch appeared.\u00a0 This time however, we think they are serious for a couple of reasons.\u00a0 They released a final finite batch that they had been saving for a restaurant that, as happens so often, didn\u2019t fulfill their commitment.\u00a0 Prior to that there was no wine to be had for a few weeks.\u00a0 Perhaps more telling, the purveyor is set to receive inventory on the 2004 Gran Reserva, something they would never even had ordered <\/em>if there was still 2001 to be had.<\/p>\n Stock up on this legendary Rioja while you can because this time \u2018the end is<\/em> near\u2019 and \u2018you don\u2019t know what you\u2019ve got \u2018til it\u2019s gone…\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Almost four years ago, we wrote this about the 2001 Faustino Rioja Gran Reserva, \u201cAn amazing Rioja, a surprising review, and a price that’s under $30… here we have the makings of one of the most exciting offers we have presented this year. Sure, we ‘play the hits’ as well as anyone, promoting hot buys … Continue reading “Faustino Chronicles, Part One: Last call for Rioja Gran Reserva 2001…No really!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[37],"tags":[152,150,151,102,32],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2160"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2174,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160\/revisions\/2174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}