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Twenty vintages of Mirto from Ramón Bilbao

Twenty years have passed since the creation of Mirto, the flagship wine of the new team which took over the helm of Bodegas Ramón Bilbao. From the outset, Mirto lined up alongside the vanguard movement which has changed the course of Rioja wine in recent years.

In 1998, with the arrival of the Restoy Zamora family, owners of the famous Licor 43 brand, a new era opened up at Bodegas Ramón Bilbao. The company began as a growers’ winery, went through a transition period in the 1980s, and by the late ‘90s was making wines with a classical

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