Although Rioja dominates red wines from Spain, less well-known regions succeed in producing world-beating efforts, and not only from the ubiquitous Tempranillo grape. Some great modern red wines are being fashioned in Somontano in the foothills of the Pyrenees, and in the Priorato and Montsant regions of Catalonia from producers such as Guelbenzu, Ochoa, Viñas del Vero, Joan d’Anguera and Alvaro Palacios. Merlot, Garnacha, Carineña and Cabernet grapes all feature. Ribera del Duero - home to Alejandro Fernández (the man behind Pesquera and Condado de Haza) and Vega-Sicilia - makes some of the most highly rated red wines in the world. For more traditional red wines try Valdepeñas, Almansa, Tierra de Castilla and Navarra, where more oaky, vanilla flavoured, soft and mature styles of red wine flourish. Try the Orquestra and Diego del Almagro wines from Felix Solis and Marius from Piqueras. For oak-aged Spanish red wines, Crianza is the least oak flavoured, then Reserva and finally Gran Reserva while Sin Crianza is unoaked. Reserva de la Familia, Seleccion Limitada or similar phrases suggest better quality. A large range of wines from Viña Salceda, Marqués de Cáceres, CVNE, Roda, Tobelos, La Rioja Alta, (Barón de Oña), Navajas and Vega does justice to the supremacy of Rioja in Spain.