Finca Manzanos Tempranillo 2020
Finca Manzanos Tempranillo is a lightly oaked Rioja made mainly from Tempranillo. It has aromas of ripe black and red fruits, spices, liquorice and chocolate. A nicely fruity and well-balanced youthful red which has many of the hallmarks of classic Rioja. After slow fermentation in stainless steel, the wine is then aged in French and American oak barrels mostly 2nd and 3rd year use, with just 10% new American oak barrels to provide the … Read More
Almaraz Tempranillo 2019
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 2019 vintages and 10% of Tempranillo grapes from Medievo Crianza 2017 vintage, the latter have spent 12 … Read More
Lopez de Haro Blanco 2020
Lopez de Haro Blanco is a classic white Rioja, with aromas of pears, greengages and herbs together with a hint of honeyed oak. The flavours combine greengage, melon, pear with just a hint of vanilla and nutty notes: it finishes with a light citrus uplift. A well-balanced and attractive dry, lightly rounded, yet fresh white wine. It has three months ageing in French oak barrels. Bodegas Hacienda Lopez de Haro in the Rioja Alta … Read More
Bodegas Olarra Cerro Añon Crianza 2018
Cerro Añon Crianza returns to our list with the excellent 2018 vintage. With inviting aromas of blackberry, cherry and spice with vanilla hints, it is classic Rioja. It has a textured raspberry/red fruit flavours with a touch of black fruit and spice. We are impressed with the structure, freshness and elegance of this Crianza It is made from grapes from 20 year old vines in the Rioja Alta and Alavesa areas and aged for … Read More
Luis Cañas Viñas Viejas Blanco 2020
Luis Cañas Viñas Viejas Blanco is now bottled in a Burgundy shaped bottle and named to reflect the age of the vines used for its production (60+ years old). These lovely old vines produce a low yield of grapes with concentrated flavours. Luis Cañas Viñas Viejas Blanco is a complex wine that is ready to drink now, but will continue to develop. Many people avoid oaked wines but this wine is worth trying with … Read More
Medievo Tuerce Botas Crianza 2016/17
Medievo Tuerce 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, blueberry and blackcurrant fruit. It is both savoury and elegant with well integrated tannins and a very long, fresh finish. Medievo Tuerce Botas Crianza is one of the few Riojas made totally from the lovely Graciano grape and aged in French … Read More
Luis Cañas Crianza 2017
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
Bodegas Urbina Crianza 2012
Bodegas Urbina Crianza 2012 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 2017 Rioja Crianzas at the moment, but this is something different to discover. Bodegas Urbina Crianza 2012 has been judged as worthy of 92 points from Tim Atkin MW in his Special Rioja Reports in 2021 and 2022. … Read More
Ramon Bilbao Edición Limitada Crianza 2017
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 fruit flavours develop with a silky warmth and combine with liquorice nuances and subtle oak. This 2017 vintage is a full-flavoured, complex Rioja Crianza with a pure fruit focus. It has a velvety mouthfeel, ripe tannins coupled with excellent … Read More
Luis Cañas Reserva 2015
Luis Cañas Reserva is always an intensely flavoured and elegant wine from one of the top Rioja Bodegas. The 2015 vintage has leather, oak, rich blackberry and blackcurrant fruit aromas with hints of balsam, liquorice and spice. The flavours are concentrated with rich dark berry fruits together with savoury layers of cocoa, liquorice and toasty oak hints. It is mouth-filling, smooth and savoury. It has has very good structure, balance and potential for ageing. … Read More
Bodegas Urbina Reserva Especial 1998
Urbina Reserva Especial 1998 has complex aromas of black fruit, leather and cigar box with hints of forest floor. These lead you into layers of silky blackberry and blackcurrant fruit flavours that have been aged to perfection. It has an elegance and warmth with delicious ripe berry concentration and perfectly integrated oak; it is definitely more-ish. Tim Atkin MW consistently awards this wine 94 points in his Special Rioja Reports in 2019 and 2020; … 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 reports over four years (2019 – 2022) has named Urbina Reserva Especial 2006 as one … 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
Muga Selección Especial Reserva 2015
Muga Selección Especial Reserva is a stunning, limited edition Reserva which is only made in very good years. Bodegas Muga is one of the most famous wineries in Rioja and their wines are sublime. Ripe red berry fruit together with subtle oak aromas are coupled with pepper and forest floor hints. The mature berry fruit flavours are intense and complex with peppery spice, and roasted coffee nuances. It is both silky and elegant with … Read More
Muga Selección Especial Reserva 2016
Muga Selección Especial Reserva 2016 is a stunning, limited edition Reserva which is only made in very good years. Bodegas Muga is one of the most famous wineries in Rioja and their wines are sublime. This vintage has complex aromas of ripe red berry and black fruit coming to the fore with hints of black pepper and cedary oak followed by notes of coffee, mocha and a touch of mint. The palate is smooth … Read More
Wondrous Whites Case Offer
Spain is now producing some amazing white wines and so is South Africa! This case is a great introduction to some quality wines from Rioja and central Spain together with three whites from South Africa – an award winning Sauvignon Blanc from cool climate Elgin, a fresh Chenin Blanc from Walker Bay and a terrific blend of Chenin Blanc, Roussanne and Grenache Blanc from the Western Capel This case comes complete with Tasting Notes. … Read More
“Behind the Label” Case Offer – Wines with a story from South Africa & Spain
“Behind the Label” Case Offer brings you wines with great stories! Discover “Behind the Label” Case Offer with accompanying notes, provides a journey in flavours that should delight most palates! Sip your way through – Two white wines from South Africa – both from family estates, one is an unusual and excellent blend (Bonfire Hill), the third white is from Galicia in Spain, made from the Godello grape; a sophisticated, complex white with a … Read More
Rioja Case Offer – with Tasting Notes
Includes 3 award-winning Rioja Crianzas This Rioja Case Offer helps you to discover a White Rioja and five distinctive Rioja reds from family producers, including top Rioja Bodegas of Luis Cañas and Urbina – at a special discount. A Rioja Case Offer which comes complete with Tasting Notes – to help you choose what to open when, and – it makes a great present. Lopez de Haro Blanco 2020 (1 bottle) Classic white Rioja … Read More
Camino to Santiago Case Offer
Sip your way along the Camino to Santiago The Camino de Santiago Case Offer takes you along The Pilgrims Way or the Way of St James, through some of Spain’s most exciting wine areas. This Case Offer lets you discover these in a slightly less energetic way, than walking its 500 miles! The first major wine area on this route is Rioja, represented in a lightly-oaked white and a delicious red Crianza, The next … Read More
Luis Cañas Rioja Case Offer
Discover wines from a top Rioja producer: Luis Cañas Rioja Case Offer “Bodegas Luis Cañas is one of the top 10 modern-style Rioja producers.” Tim Atkin MW This terrific Luis Cañas Rioja Case Offer is a limited offer to showcase their world class wines. Bodegas Luis Cañas is very much a family-run Bodega, with Juan Luis at the helm; he took over from his father in 1989 at the age of 33 and has … Read More