Dominio de Punctum Tempranillo/Petit Verdot 2018 (Organic)
Dominio de Punctum Tempranillo/Petit Verdot is a juicy, stylish characterful red wine with appealing blackberry, herbs and spice aromas. The flavours are fresh and layered with black cherry fruit, pomegranate and hints of liquorice and cinnamon spice. It is structured and savoury with ripe tannins. We are thrilled to have found this consistently good organic and biodynamic family producer. Do organic and biodynamic wines taste better for the price – yes, we believe they … Read More
Te Quiero Red 2018 (Organic)
Te Quiero Red is a juicy organic wine which contains many grape varieties, from Tempranillo and Syrah, to Garnacha, Graciano, Monastrell and Tinto Velasco, made as a Field Blend (see below). With a deep purple colour, It has aromas of garrigue, brambly fruit and spice which are followed by ripe brambly, blackberry fruit flavours. The palate is dry, spicy and savoury with ripe tannins and a light oak finish. Te Quiero may not be … Read More
Almaraz Tempranillo 2018
Almaraz Tempranillo from Bodegas del Medievo in Rioja, was one of our most popular new wines over the last couple of years. An appealing, soft and very lightly oaked Rioja. It has berry fruit aromas coupled with a touch of vanilla oak and a juicy berry fruit, spicy palate. Made from 90% young tempranillo grapes from the 2018 vintage and 10% of tempranillo grapes from Medievo Crianza 2016, the latter have spent 12 months … Read More
El Escoces Volante La Multa 2016
La Multa is a smooth, concentrated red with a huge berry fruit nose and palate. This wine has character, lots of spicy well balanced damson/plum fruit and a sweet oak finish. It has scored very highly for a wine of this price, in the independed Spanish Penin Wine Guide. Made with grapes from gnarly old bush vines by talented Scots wine maker Norrel Robertson MW in collaboration with Bodega San Gregorio in DO Calatayud, … Read More
El Abuelo 2017 (Organic)
El Abuelo comes from Bodegas Piqueras in DO Almansa and joins our increasing number of organic wines. A blend of one of our favourite, indigenous Spanish grapes, Monastrell with Tempranillo. It has smoky, cherry and plum aromas coupled with spice and sage hints. Plums and cherry fruit flavours predominate with juicy tannins and it has a nice smooth balance with good intensity. If the label intrigues you, please read on and find out more … Read More
Dominio de Punctum Roble 2016 (Organic)
THIS WINE IS (SADLY) NOW OUT OF STOCK! Dominio de Punctum Roble has been so popular this year that it has now sold out! A Gold medal winner and sporting a new label this year it was such an appealing blend of Tempranillo and Petit Verdot with a lovely touch of oak, and it just hit the spot for so many people! We will have to see what the next vintage tastes like, but … Read More
Medievo Selección Especial 2015
Medievo Selección Especial 2015, from a very good vintage, is immediately appealing on the nose with spicy blackberry fruit with cedary notes. On taste it has an expressive blackberry and cherry palate which is succulent and fruity with excellent structure. This wine has a great balance of fruit and oak from its 6 months in American oak barrels. A modern Rioja Roble which is the equal of many Rioja Crianzas with a smooth texture, … Read More
Bodegas y Vińedos Merayo Mencia 2018
Merayo Mencia 2018 is an inviting young red made from the lovely Mencia grape with aromas of violets, cherries, blueberries and mushroom hints. It has a smooth, cherry fruit and spice palate with ripe tannins and structure. It has been described as the Pinot Noir of Spain, and it has similar character of fresh, refined fruit, smoothness and light structure. This is something different and very distinctive in character from the widely planted Tempranillo … Read More
Mendoza La Tremenda Monastrell 2017
Mendoza La Tremenda Monastrell is immediately inviting with aromas of black cherries and hints of mediterranean herbs, spice, toast and cocoa. This is followed by rich cherry fruit flavours and nice savoury, ripe tannins. It has a lovely silky texture and very good length. Made from the Monastrell grape which is known as Mourvedre in France, where it plays a starring role in Chateauneuf du Pape, here it makes the stylish Mendoza La Tremenda … Read More
Gran Colegiata Lágrima Roble 2015
THIS WINE IS CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK Gran Colegiata Lágrima Roble is a typical example of a sumptuous and approachable red wine from the Toro area in Northern Spain. Aromas of cinnamon spice, plums and cherries intermingle with subtle vanilla oak. These are followed by juicy blackberry and plum fruit flavours and attractive minerality. A full-bodied red, with warm, ripe and soft tannins and good length. This wine gets it’s name Lagrima (Spanish for … Read More
Bodegas Olarra Cerro Añon Crianza 2015
OUT OF STOCK Cerro Añon Crianza has a very inviting blackberry/blackcurrant nose with hints of spice and vanilla. It is classic Rioja with a warm, moreish and elegant palate showing blackcurrants, plums and lighter hints of strawberries, herbs and mocha on the finish. The 2015 vintage of this Crianza is sporting a new label, but the contents are just as good, if not better than earlier vintages. This is a consistent Rioja Crianza year … Read More
Mil Historias Bobal 2017 (Organic)
Mil Historias Bobal is a rich and deep red wine. It arrests the senses with Intense aromas of ripe, black fruit with rosemary herb hints and a touch of black pepper. The flavours are equally intense, there is blackcurrant, cherry fruit together with peppery, liquorice and chocolate hints. This full-bodied red has a lovely full, savoury and complex finish. Wines made from this widely planted grape, the Bobal, mainly found in the Levant area … Read More
Mil Historias Malbec 2017 (Organic)
Mil Historias Malbec is our second wine from this terrific Bodega in off-the-beaten-track Manchuela, in Spain. It has intense aromas of mulberries, blueberries and hints of dark chocolate, leather and spice. The flavours are equally intense, there is blueberry and dark cherry fruit together with dark chocolate, espresso, liquorice and black pepper hints. This full-bodied red has a lovely full, savoury and very complex finish. It is structured with ripe tannins and excellent fruit … Read More
El Escoces Volante Manga del Brujo 2015
Manga del Brujo has a complex, rich, spicy damson and plum nose with hints of garrigue and chocolate. These are followed by rich strawberry, plum fruit flavours and pepper notes. This is a big wine which is superbly concentrated, elegant and yet burly at the same time! 5 months in oak barrel has given this intensely flavoured wine a perfect balance and great length. Hand-picked grapes from selected, very low-yield vines give this wine … Read More
Bodegas Urbina Crianza 2011
Bodegas Urbina Crianza 2011 oozes the classic, elegance and charm of a mature Rioja. This is a beautifully refined wine in perfect balance – this is what mature Rioja is all about! We are enjoying the 2015 Rioja Crianzas at the moment, but this is something different to discover. Bodegas Urbina Crianza 2011 has been judged as worthy of 92 points from Tim Atkin MW in his 2019 Special Rioja Report! Intense strawberry, blackberry … Read More
Luis Cañas Crianza 2016
Luis Cañas Crianza has rich blackcurrant and raspberry aromas with hints of creamy oak with enticing balsam hints. This leads you into its concentrated, rich fruit flavours and complex, savoury layers. It is such an elegant, yet appealing Rioja Crianza, with great structure, excellent balance and smooth round tannins. We are always impressed by the quality and price of this stylish Crianza which is more like a Reserva in elegance, complexity and depth of flavours. … Read More
Medievo Tuerce Botas Crianza 2015
Medievo Tuerco Botas Crianza gets your attention with its appealing aromas of almonds and wild berries with toasty cedary notes. It has a powerful, complex and creamy textured palate with mature, ripe cherry and blackcurrant fruit. It is both savoury and elegant with well integrated tannins and a very long, fresh finish. One of the few Riojas made totally from the lovely Graciano grape and aged in French oak barrels for 12 months. Graciano … Read More
Ramon Bilbao Edición Limitada Crianza 2016
Ramon Bilbao Edición Limitada Crianza has rich aromas of black fruit and inviting black pepper and spicy notes on the nose, coupled with complex aromas of cocoa and chocolate mingled with oak hints. Intense black and damson flavours develop with a silky warmth and combine with liquorice nuances and toasty oak. This is a full-flavoured, complex Rioja Crianza. It has a velvety mouthfeel, ripe tannins coupled with excellent structure, balance and brilliant length; Ramon … Read More
Cuvee de Cair 2016
Cuvee de Cair is a Roble (oak aged wine) from Dominio de Cair. Tempranillo is blended with a touch of Merlot and aged in oak for 9 months. The result is complex, layered aromas of black fruits, chocolate and mocha coupled with a rich, intense, highly structured palate of savoury black fruit with creamy oak notes and excellent length. It has a beautiful balance of tannins and fruit. Cuvee de Cair is a special … Read More
Luis Cañas Reserva 2013
Luis Cañas Reserva is a beautifully balanced, special wine from one of the top Rioja Bodegas. It has a spicy, blackcurrant nose with a touch of creamy oak. The flavours show flavourful dark berry fruits together with layers of cocoa, oak and balsam hints. It displays leafy tannins, good structure, real elegance and length. Overall a lighter style than Muga Reserva Especial but a step up on the very good Luis Cañas Crianza 2015. … Read More
Bodegas Urbina Reserva Especial 2006
Urbina Reserva Especial 2006 has exquisite and complex aromas of black fruit, leather and cigar box. These lead you into layers of silky blackberry, with a hint of strawberry, fruit flavours that have been aged to perfection. It has an elegance and freshness with delicious ripe berry concentration and perfectly integrated oak. Tim Atkin MW in his special Rioja report in 2019 has named Urbina Reserva Especial 2006 as one of his Rioja Reservas … Read More
Bodegas Urbina Gran Reserva 2004
Urbina Gran Reserva 2004 is a wonderfully mature Rioja which seduces you immediately with its very attractive, complex aromas of black fruit, leather and cedary oak. These lead you into layers of rich, savoury blackcurrant and berry fruit flavours that are in complete harmonious balance with oak. This is a wine of great finesse, velvet smoothness and wondrous length. Tim Atkin MW in his special Rioja report in 2018 waxes lyrical about Urbina Gran … Read More
Mas D’en Gil Coma Vella 2010
2010 VINTAGE HAS ARRIVED – EVEN BETTER VALUE From family-run vineyards in the steep hills around Sierra del Montsant, one of the top producers in Priorat, produce consistently fine wines year on year. The secret of Priorat wines is undoubtedly the amazing slate and quartz rocky soils which convey a wonderful mineral complexity to the wines. Cherry colour, with powerful ripe plums and fig nose coupled with balsamic notes. The palate is intense, complex, … Read More
Dominio de Cair Crianza 2013
Dominio de Cair Crianza is a full-bodied wine. It is so appealing, elegant and refined, with intense and complex aromas of blackcurrant fruit, leather and dark chocolate and a wonderfully complex and succulent palate of blackfruits with well integrated oak. This wine demonstrates how power and finesse can be brilliantly combined; the flavours really do go on and on. A consistently excellent Ribera Crianza. In 2013 despite a cool start to the growing year, … Read More
Muga Selección Especial Reserva 2011
Muga Selección Especial Reserva 2011 is a stunning, limited edition Reserva which is only made in very good years. Dark, brambly and red fruit together with subtle oak aromas are coupled with balsamic, mint and liquorice notes. The mature berry fruit flavours are intense and complex with peppery spice, and coffee hints coupled with excellent balance and length. This is more like a really fine Gran Reserva in style with beautifully integrated oak; rich … Read More