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
Gatito Loco 2020 (Organic)
Gatito Loco Rioja is bursting with fruit. With it’s eye-catching label depicting a Gatito Loco (literally meaning a crazy kitten), it is a young, yet full flavoured Rioja and is strikingly different. This wine has fresh, bright aromas of red and black fruits with a wonderful fresh character. Blackberry and red fruit flavours with supporting nuances of balsam, liquorice and chocolate. This is a young, un-oaked Rioja but quite complex wine and it stands … Read More
Dominio de Punctum Tempranillo Roble 2020 (Organic)
Dominio de Punctum Tempranillo Roble has appealing aromas of pure blackcurrant and cherry fruit with hints of spice and vanilla oak; intense flavours of juicy black fruit follow on from the aromas, coupled with well-judged vanilla oak and a touch of pepper and spice. Made from organic and biodynamically grown grapes, this is a stylish, characterful, savoury red wine with good structure and smooth tannins. it has a lovely balance and very good length. … 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
Emilio Moro Finca Resalso 2020
Finca Resalso is a great find from Ribera del Duero. It has expressive, rich blackberry and blackcurrant aromas with a hint of spice and subtle oak. These black fruit flavours combine with mellow tannins and a lovely savoury texture to provide a fine, well-balanced, textured red with the notable finesse of a wine from Ribera del Duero. It has structure and some complexity gained from its malolactic fermentation and ageing for 4 months in … Read More
El Escoces Volante Manga del Brujo 2017
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 old vines give this … 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 2021 Special Rioja Report. Intense strawberry, blackberry … 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
Cuvee de Cair 2017
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 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 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 in 2019 and 2020 has named Urbina Reserva Especial 2006 as one of his … 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 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
Dominio de Punctum: Organic & Biodynamic Wines Case Offer
Dominio de Punctum – organic & biodynamic wines from Spain Dominio de Punctum organic and biodynamic wines need to be discovered for their purity of fruit and consistent high quality. This is a selection of these wines from a family-run estate at 800 metres near Las Pedroñeras in La Mancha (around half way between Valencia and Madrid). These wines really are stunning value, and even more so in this Special Offer Case! Domino de … Read More
“Off the Beaten Track Spain” Case Offer
Spain offers so much more than Rioja, so we have put together an “Off the Beaten Track Spain” Case Offer; this is a great way of discovering six distinctive and delicious wines from less well known areas of Spain. All these wines are from small family-run producers. Discover “Off the Beaten Track Spain” Case Offer with accompanying notes Sip your way through – two white wines – one comes from an organic Estate in … 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 Spain, made from the Godello grape; a sophisticated, complex white with a great story. … 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, Ramon Bilbao 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 … 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