The influential The Wall Street Journal concluded 2015 by publishing an extensive piece titled Drunk on Possibility. The story presented its readers with a choice of wines on which to invest $2100 to build a starter wine cellar in their homes.

Between the alternative of spending that amount on a single bottle of, for example, a renowned Bordeaux wine or, on the contrary, purchasing several bottles of international references that will ensure “much more pleasure and complexity over the next decade,” the WSJ recommendation is unequivocal. The second option is definitely best.

And among the six unique labels selected by The Wall Street Journal for the private wine cellar, the journalist Jessica H. Green included Viña Ardanza as the only Spanish wine. She describes it as a “soft, savoury Rioja... released after cellar ageing.” The writer recommends drinking it “while waiting for others to come around.”