Abadia Retuerta Seleccion Especial 2016
Produced from a selection of the best grapes from Abadia Retuerta’s vineyards, this deep coloured, complex red combines the richness of Tempranillo, the elegance of Cabernet Sauvignon and the strength of Syrah. The nose is fresh and vibrant, full of ripe black and red fruits combined with lingering notes of balsamic, liquorice and sweet oak wood. The full bodied, creamy palate is structured by smooth tannins, juicy ripe fruits and a hint of cedar. 2011 was one of Abadía Retuerta’s best ever vintages, delivering a style of wine that can be drunk with pleasure right now or left to develop further complexities over the next few years.
Grape: 75% Tempranillo 15% Cabernet Sauvignon 10% Other
Region: Vina de la Tierra de Castilla y León
Abv: 14.5%
Size: 75cl
Price: £29.45 per bottle
Franck Massard Humilitat 2016
A dark red ruby colour with vibrant purple tinges. Savoury nose mingled with violet and freshly gathered red berries, supported by a light touch of wood. Finely textured tannins, a seamless structure, certain minerality (graphite) interacting with the vivid fruit and a long silky finish.
Grape: 50% Garnacha 50% Cariñena
Region: Priorat
Abv: 15%
Size: 75cl
Price: £24.95 per bottle
Ramon Bilbao Monte Llano Tinto 2018
Red violet colour, with purple hues. On the nose the wine leaves subtle aromas of ripe fruits (blackcurrants, raspberries). On the palate it is fresh, structured and very fruity.
Grape: 100% Tempranillo
Region: Rioja
Abv: 14%
Size: 75cl
Price: £10.45 per bottle
Jean Leon 3055 2018
The wine has been aged for 12 months in French oak lending a toast, coconut and spicy character to the full bodied red fruit flavours. Well structured tannins guarantee a long life in bottle.
Grape: 50% Merlot 50% Petit Verdot
Region: Penedés
Abv: 14.5%
Size: 75cl
Price: £17.65 per bottle
Hugonell Crianza 2015/2016/2017
This is a beautifully rounded wine - the oak has allowed it to soften a touch and pick up subtle vanilla and spice notes while preserving most of its youthful fruit.
Grape: 90% Tempranillo 5%, Garnacha 5%, Mazuelo
Region: Rioja
Abv: 13.5%
Size: 75cl
Price: £10.75 per bottle
Xose Lois Sebio Superhero 2015/2016/2017
A layered fragrant blend highlighting notes of violet, black fruits, figs and plums, combined with subtle hints of black pepper and mineral tones. Elegant and expansive on the palate, offering fine tannins with a balancing freshness. The rich yet vibrant finish is wonderfully intense and long.
Grape: 35% Other Varieties 20%, Ferrol 20%, Sousón 15%, Caiño Longo 10%, Bastardo
Region: Galicia
Abv: 13.5%
Size: 75cl
Price: £25.35 per bottle
Ribera del Dureo Pesquera Crianza 2015/2016
Made by the fantastic winemaker, Alejandro Fernandez who has been a major contributor to the success of Ribera del Duero wines in recent years. This oaked red wine is made from 100% Tempranillo (Tinta del Pais) grapes from 40-year-old vines, and aged for 18 months in oak. Bright ruby red, it has smokey, leathery aromas followed by black fruits and spicy notes on the palate. Firm silky tannins with integated oak spice and a refined elegant finish.
Grape: 100% Tempranillo
Region: Ribera del Duero
Abv: 14.5%
Size: 75cl
Price: £24.85 per bottle
Ribera del Dureo Pesquera Reserve 2012/2013
Alejandro Fernandez set up Pesquera Bodega in Ribera del Duero in 1972 and has gone on to produce some of the regions best wines. Attractive ripe cherry colour with lively ruby coloured glints. An elegant wine with a velvety mouthfeel and an abundance of aromatic nuances and black fruits such as damson, blackcurrant and blueberries. There are hints of well seasoned fruit, rich hints of cocoa and vanilla. A complex wine which reveals many layers to this wine and an incredibly long finish.
Grape: 100% Tempranillo
Region: Ribera del Duero
Abv: 14%
Size: 75cl
Price: £35.85 per bottle
Haciendael Ternero Reserve 2011/2012
Hacienda el Ternero have made this fantastically concentrated Reserva from a blend of 95% Tempranillo and 5% Mazuelo. They create barrels just for this wine from French oak which have had a special toast for 26 minutes to impart the desired flavour. Concentrated black fruits and chocolate on the nose. The palate is full bodied with blackberries, black olives, dark chocolate, balsamic and wild herb notes. Grippy tannins balanced with the fresh acidity which is a characteristic of the area.
Grape: 95% Tempranillo 5% Mazuelo
Region: Rioja
Abv: 14%
Size: 75cl
Price: £26.55 per bottle
Tierra de Los Santos Seleccion Especial 2016
This superb Garnacha from the Extremadura area of Spain has intense bramble fruit aromas on the nose. The palate is supple and round with delicious sweet blackberry, cherry and plum notes combined with chocolate and a herbal character. Chewy tannins and a fresh acidity give structure to the wine which finishes long and fruity.
Grape: 100% Garnacha
Region: Extremadura
Abv: 13.5%
Size: 75cl
Price: £9.65 per bottle
Monfil Old Vine 2017/2018
Made from 35 year old vines in Carinena, this is an elegant wine with a prominence of concentrated black fruit aromas on the nose. A classic Garnacha, bursting full of blackcurrants, blackberries and plum. The palate is velvety and smooth with silky tannins and exceptional length.
Grape: 100% Garnacha
Region: Carinena
Abv: 13.5%
Size: 75cl
Price: £9.85 per bottle
Pardo Bodgeas LaOsa 2015
Intense ruby and garnet colour. At first the aromas is full of powerful fruit but then develops into toasted notes, dried fruit and spices. On the palate it is silky, medium-bodied yet powerful with a fresh mineral finish.
Grape: 100% Mencia
Region: Bierzo
Abv: 13.5%
Size: 75cl
Price: £23.45 per bottle
Finca Amalia 2017
Intense aroma of ripe fruit, peach and plum compotes with spicy and toasted notes. Perfect balance of fruit and tannins. Full bodied, complex and flavoursome with a long, persistent finish.
Grape: 100% Tempranillo
Region: Rioja
Abv: 13%
Size: 75cl
Price: £13.15 per bottle
Franck Massard El Brindis DO 2018
Clear lively ruby colour wine. Its intriguing contrast between the somewhat “reserved” tones of the Carignan grape variety and a vibrant combination of red berries and Mediterranean herbs such as thyme and Timut pepper can be appreciated. Seductive palate with polished tannins, juicy freshly squeezed blackberries fragrance and a whiff of juniper berries.
Grape: 60% Carinena 40% Garnacha
Region: Montsant
Abv: 14%
Size: 75cl
Price: £15.75 per bottle
Fincas de Azabache 2017/2018
The Aldeanueva winery in the heart of Rioja is well known for its wines. A vibrant, unoaked and supple red, made exclusively from Tempranillo grapes grown in the dry Baja region of Rioja. This plummy, soft seductive wine exhibits typical Tempranillo character of red fruits such as cherry, raspberry and plum with notes of liquorice and finishes soft and rounded.
Grape: 100% Garnacha
Region: Rioja
Abv: 14%
Size: 75cl
Price: £9.75 per bottle
Hacienda El Ternero Torno Crianza 2014/2015
The name `Torno` stems from the old Monastery; the monks would place food and clothing onto the base of a rotating door which they would turn 'torno' so that the people outside could get to them without looking out. 100% Tempranillo, this fantastic Crianza was aged for 12 months in French oak barrels before resting in bottle. The nose is perfumed with violets and cherries. The palate is fresh and structured with notes of black fruits with spices and hints of caramel from the oak influence on the finish.
Grape: 100% Tempranillo
Region: Rioja
Abv: 13.5%
Size: 75cl
Price: £14.35 per bottle
Bodegas Taron 2017/2018
This supple and fruity red from Bodegas Taron is made from 100% Tempranillo. Bright ruby red in colour with fresh black fruits on the nose. The palate is juicy with lots cherry, plum and bramble fruit flavours combined with a fresh acidity, soft tannins and a long, fruity finish.
Grape: 100% Tempranillo
Region: Rioja
Abv: 13%
Size: 75cl
Price: £10.55 per bottle
Heredad de Tejada Tinto 2019
Fresh, fruity Rioja from old vines, all raspberry and liquorice, with a touch of herbaceousness on the nose.
Grape: 100% Tempranillo
Region: Rioja
Abv: 13.5%
Size: 75cl
Price: £13.45 per bottle
Azabache Gran Reserva 2007
This excellent Gran Reserva Rioja is selected from the best vineyards from an exceptional year. The blend includes 70% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacha and 10% Graciano, which has been softened by three years in oak and three more in bottle before release. It shows supple, velvety rich fruit flavours with complex spice and vanilla notes from its period in oak that linger well into the finish.
Grape: 70% Tempranillo 20% Garnacha 10% Graciano
Region: Rioja
Abv: 14%
Size: 75cl
Price: £20.95 per bottle
La Rioja Alta S.A. Gran Reserva 904 2011
La Rioja Alta doesn't do things by halves. This '904' Gran Reserva is only bottled in excellent years. It's not uncommon for three years to go by without a vintage. Every grape is picked and sorted by hand. The wine ages for four years in American oak barrels, which are all made by hand at the winery.
Grape: 89% Tempranillo 11% Graciano
Region: Rioja
Abv: 13.5%
Size: 75cl
Price: £58.65 per bottle
Juan Gil Silver Label 2018
Warm, elegant red, brimming with ripe currants and crème de cassis, the nose a fine blend of smoke and spice.
Grape: 100% Monastrell
Region: Jumilla
Abv: 15%
Size: 75cl
Price: £20.15 per bottle
Ramon Bilbao Reserva 2015
Elegant, sophisticated Rioja, packed with blackberries and scented with cedar, leather and spice.
Grape: 90% Tempranillo 5% Mazuelo 5% Graciano
Region: Rioja
Abv: 14%
Size: 75cl
Price: £22.25 per bottle
Chivite Finca Legardeta Seleccion Especial 2015
Exotic, savoury red packed with black fruit, roasted coffee beans and liquorice, with an alluring aroma of cinnamon and smoke.
Grape: 77% Tempranillo 17% Cabernet Sauvignon 6% Merlot
Region: Navarra
Abv: 14%
Size: 75cl
Price: £19.25 per bottle
Bodegas Muriel Eguia 2018
Aromas include vanilla, coconut and balsamic notes with well-balanced mature oak and red fruit and a hint of liquorice. The palate is full and elegant with a pleasant finish. It is the perfect wine for everyday drinking.
Grape: Tempranillo
Region: Rioja
Abv: 14%
Size: 75cl
Price: £13.65 per bottle
La Rioja Alta Alavesa Finca San Martin Crianza 2016
A wine with a subtle nose, suave and delicious... a Rioja cut for a more modern and juicy approach! We are far from the heavy and alcohol-drenched stereotypes of the region. This wine highlights the fruit and delicious typical characteristics of the grape variety of the region.
Grape: Tempranillo
Region: Rioja
Abv: 14.5%
Size: 75cl
Price: £16.45 per bottle
La Rioja Alta Viña Arana Gran Reserva 2012
The Viña Arana Gran Reserva shows that character, because it is ripe and concentrated but also balanced and elegant with fresh acids. In the nose we smell notes of undergrowth, wet forest floor, herbs and smoke, leather and the Arana Gran Reserva is very recognizable as Rioja. It is clean, aromatic and open. Very pleasant and approachable, with enough grip to gastronomically stand its ground.
Grape: Mazuelo Tempranillo
Region: Rioja
Abv: 13.5%
Size: 75cl
Price: £37.25 per bottle
