Cose Out on Remaing Bottles. La Vizcaína is the name of the winery Raul Perez created to explore the hillside vineyards around his hometown of Vatuille de Abajo. All are from vines 40 years or older and the reds are all... Read More
The combination of freshness and richness here is compelling. Feels dense/deep in your mouth and delivers more than enough fruit before finishing easy and a little juicy. Great value.
The rare Albillo Real grape is all about richness of texture and salty minerality. Here it shows peach and apricot fruit with wild accents of fennel and seashore saltiness. The creamy apricot finish is a delight.
A wonderfully dark, rich, Temparanillos nicely spiced with used and new oak to complement the dark fruit. As nice to sip as pair up with anything from burgers to lamb.
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.
Organic/Bio A delicious taste of history and place from 40-80 year-old organically farmed vines tended by four generations of the same family. The vineyards at the foot of the Cerro de Guisando and Gredos mountains are a bit warmer... Read More
A big, bold, ripe Monestrell with gobs of blueberry/blackberry fruit, earthy chocolate and a sheen of sweet oak spice. A bite of pomegranate on the end keeps things fresh and drinkable and ready to enjoy with a juicy steak or... Read More
Lower ABV Back in 1976, when Verdjo was nearly extinct in Rueda, Angel Rodriguez took cuttings from this dying 17th century vineyard and propagated them to keep the varietal alive. This is from those cuttings and if you want to... Read More
Lower ABV A great example of what lots of warm sunshine balanced by cold Atlantic Ocean air does with Albarino in Spain's Rias Baixas. Light in feel, broad in texture, loaded with gorgeous fruit and still stony, driving, and... Read More
Lower ABV In the cooler 2021 vintage, this is a lovely, handcrafted, classically-styled Albarino that will certainly shine with shellfish but is also just delicious to drink. There's a nice sense of fleshiness to the mango... Read More
Robert Parker called the 2011 edition of this perennial favorite value red, “Possibly the single greatest dry red wine value in the world.” Having tasted every vintage since then, we think this is one of the best releases... Read More
Ripe, juicy, soft and delicious, this blend of Grenache and Syrah from a couple of hours drive southeast of Rioja drinks like Spanish Cotes du Rhone. At a price very few Cotes du Rhones can match any longer!
Organic/BioLower ABV Valencia’s Verdil grape was once widespread but plantings plummeted through the 1980s. The grape gives wonderful fresh citrus fruit and a touch of salty minerality, but tends to oxidize easily –... Read More
Lower ABV There's more to Rias Baixas than Albarino: Treixadura shines, too! And this one is yummy with lots of lemon and lemon zest, fresh white flowers and a big does of the stony/salty/mineral flavors you'd expect from... Read More
A stylish, balanced and very tasty Rioja made from 95% Tempranillo and 5% Garnacha and aged 12 months in used French and American oak cask. Smells great with ripe red raspberry at the core and accents of cured tobacco and cinnamon.... Read More
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
The second wine of Toro's benchmark estate is absolutely delicious. Powerfully ripe Tinto de Toro (Tempranillo) is aged in French oak, about 20% new. Shows oodles of dark blackberry and black raspberry fruit with compelling... Read More
Here's a nicely rich and darkly fruited cookout/casual food red at a bargain price. Lots of blue/black fruit, a touch of ink and good grip to the earth-and-fruit finish.
Lower ABV Juan Antonio Ponce completely fractures any expectations you have for wine made from Bobal (often a dark, dusky, earthy, grape) from Manchuela (blisteringly hot). This is from 40-60 year-old vines, made with 100% whole... Read More
Just marvelous, this is the essence of what white Rioja should be. Elegant, pure, with just enough oak to add spice and texture while still letting the glorious fruit shine through. White Rioja for Burgundy drinkers, ready now... Read More
One of the most immediately delicious Rioja we’ve tasted in years, the blend of purity of fruit with classic Rioja spice is utterly irresistible. It’s mainly Tempranillo with 10% Graciano from vines 20-40 years old.... Read More
If all you know about Amontillado is that it’s mentioned in an Edgar Allan Poe short story, it’s time to experience the real stuff. And this is it. Amontillado starts its journey as a “Fino” Sherry, made... Read More
This fairly young Sherry house has rapidly established itself as the benchmark for wildly complex, deeply flavored, sherry's based on old wines and no limited filtration. This is a blend of young PX into 30 year-old Oloroso... Read More
A young Sherry from a house that specializes in very old wines. Serious, unfiltered, Fino that matches a creamy texture to piercing, salty, minerality. Breathtaking stuff to serve with sushi, olives, nuts, and fine cheeses. Bottled... Read More
It takes 30 years to make an Olorosso Sherry like this - more, actually, as the minimum age of the wines used to bottle this are 30 years. Wildly complex and delicious, this is round and open enough to enjoy solo with some nuts... Read More
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