Rioja can be lots of different things, including fresh, fruit-filled, and as easy to drink every day as a good Cru Beaujolais. While this blend of Tempranillo, 20% Garnacha and 5% white grapes aged in oak, it’s not oaky... Read More
Super rich, dense, and sticky, this Pedro Ximenez Sherry from a solera started in 1927 delivers wildly complex aromas and flavors. Try it with maple ice cream or savory cheese.
Graciano is the second grape of Rioja, adding deeper color to Tempranillo while also a bit softer, more easygoing texture. Here from Toledo it even darker than usual but somehow still fresh and mouthwatering, too. Blackberry and... Read More
This is terrific, with dark, plummy, fruit and mocha notes building through a firm, dry, finish. Ready to go with lamb or beef roast now and just getting better with air or time in cellar. High-impact Tempranillo.
As grapes come into the winery, Luis Canas inspects each bunch from his best vineyards and sets aside the most beautifully ripe for this wine. It's around 95% Temparnillo and 5% Graciano and ages 24 months in new oak (70/30... Read More
Alejandro Fernández helped revive the reputation of Spain's Ribera del Duero with his Pesquera winery before starting Condado de Haza to show how Ribera Tempranillo performed higher up the hillsides. There's a blend... Read More
In southern Catalonia, Terra Alta is a place of high mountains, steep valleys, and old vines of great potential that remained overlooked until neighboring Priorat burst into prominence 30 years ago. Potential is realized here... Read More
A difficult 2020 growing season slashed production here by about half, so Silvia was only able to make 1,199 bottles of the wine that simply must be the finest 100% white Grenache made in the world. (When I told Silvia that in... Read More
Lower ABV Utterly gulpable, but do slow down enough to pay attention to the delicious marriage of rich black fruit, sweet spice, and juicy freshness. Big yum here.... Read More
Close out of remaining bottles. Always one of the most exciting values in Ribeira Sacra, this year's model has more flesh and richness than usual but just as much purity and finesse as ever. Lovely stuff.... Read More
As Wine Advocate explains, Emilio Hidalgo founded his bodega in the center of Jerez in 1874, where it is still managed by the fifth generation of the family. They have an impressive range of wines, with some of the original soleras... Read More
A terrific, old-school, Ribera del Duero Tempranillo with loads of black fruit ripeness and sweet oak spice, smoke and vanilla balanced by remarkable freshness and even a touch of minerality. The oak folds into the ripe fruit... Read More
Most of the fruit comes from a Perez family vineyard planted in 1892, although the 2019 edition includes a little bit of new vine planting from 2015 that included a fair bit of Bastardo. This gets the longest upbringing of any... Read More
A “crème” sherry made from dry Oloroso and super dark, chewy and sweet Pedro Ximinez. You’ll find a bit of the toasted nut and burnt orange peel character of Oloroso here but mainly a lighter version of... Read More
Lustau’s “Alamacenista” wines are sherries made by small producers bottled and marketed by Lustau. Here Sr. Obregon took white Palamino grapes and aged them first with and then without floor by the sea. It’s... Read More
Having created Pingus - the great estate of Ribera del Duero and one of the greats in the world - Peter Sisseck created Psi to explore the region's soul and, especially, the unrealized potential of many of its great vineyards.... Read More
From Valdeorras, near Ribera del Duero, this takes the crispy fresh Galician style in a new direction. It’s mostly Godello with a bit of Treixadura added in for spine and stoniness and it’s all aged in oak a short... Read More
Lower ABV Think of this as Albarino with a bit of extra kick from little-known local grapes Canaio and Louero. Lots of seashell mineral and saltiness to the tangerine and lemon fruit with hints of savory flavors like tarragon... Read More
From the more “modern” winery of La Rioja Alta, one of the most old-school Rioja houses under their own label. Here Tempranillo gets spiced up with 6% Mazuelo, Garnacha and even white Viura and then aged in French... Read More
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