Red Wine
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Torres Celeste Ribera del Duero Crianza 2018
$40.00Fascinating deep, dark cherry red colour. Intense, concentrated aromas of blackberry and blueberry fruit, revealing notes of ripe figs and an exquisite smoky, graphite streak. Velvety and flavourful on the palate with fine-grained tannins. Oak ageing endows the wine with fine notes of bitter cocoa and coffee. At 895 metres altitude you can almost touch […]
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La Rioja Alta Vina Ardanza Reserva 2015
$100.00A giant leap into the La Rioja Alta nexus of sweet fruit and rich, tannic power. Cherry cola, mushroom compost, red fruits, blueberry, cigar box and cinnamon. Rich, almost full bodied, the fruit is ripe and glossy, the tannins, initially tight, but sweeten and melt with time in the glass. A terrific combination of charm […]
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La Rioja Alta 904 Gran Reserva 2011
$190.00The most traditional of wines, and one of my favourites from anywhere. Dried flowers, dried herbs, plum, blueberry, cherry, blackcurrant, sage, lavender, balsamic and tobacco. Presence. Ethereal and charming, with a lightness of touch, all the flavours and nuance threaded silkily together. And power. An iron fist in velvet glove kind of power, as the […]
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Venta La Vega Adaras Calizo 2019
$28.00The young red 2019 Adaras Calizo was produced with Garnacha Tintorera grapes grown on the limestone soils where it can express Mediterranean character with good freshness. The abundant rain during the harvest presented plenty of challenges, but the wines have low alcohol (13.3%) and more freshness, expressing the variety. It fermented with part of full […]
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La Rioja Alta Vina Arana Gran Reserva 2012
$95.00Out of Stock
Classic nose with savoury character over a sweet spices background with elegant cigar box notes. Mouth-watering with a full body and chewy mid-palate. 97 points – Decanter Few would dispute that La Rioja Alta is the leading quality-focused producer in Spain’s most famous wine region. Since the coming together of five growers to form the estate 130 […]
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Venta la Vega Adaras Aldea 2019
$23.00Garnacha Tintorera and a small amount of Syrah are harvested at night, with the fruit going into stainless steel tanks where fermentation occurs naturally over around 20 days. Malolactic fermentation also occurs naturally, with the wine then resting for three months in old French oak foudres before bottling. Perez’s Venta La Vega Adaras Aldea 2019 is bright, […]
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La Rioja Alta Vina Alberdi Reserva 2016
$55.00Gorgeous nose of creaming soda, nutmeg, cherry, raspberry and thyme. Plush and round in shape, with strong oak influence and some tertiary notes poking through. Aniseed, sandalwood, cinnamon, vanilla and sweet Jamon. These I suspect will become more prominent with time. Utterly idiosyncratic and a beautiful introduction to traditional Rioja. Waters Wine Co Aromas of […]
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Akutain Reserva Rioja 2015
$65.00One of the finest traditional Reservas on the market and incredible value. If this was Bordeaux or Burgundy, the price would be much higher. Blackcurrant, plum, cranberry, raspberry, aniseed, tobacco, vanilla, violets and cola. Medium to full bodied, incredibly fresh and vibrant, certainly firm and serious. Flecks of savoury spice, dried fruit and firm mineral […]
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Veronica Ortega Cobrana 2017
$48.00This wine comes from the village of Cobrana in the north east of Bierzo. It is Mencia but with a little palmino and godello as the vineyards were traditionally planted with some white grapes in the past. The reason why Veronica has started to work with this vineyard is because it is planted straight into […]
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Veronica Ortega Version Original Mencia 2017
$55.00The 2017 VO Versión Original is an old-vine Mencía from the same vineyards where Ortega gets the grapes for ROC, but these vines are in the lower part where there’s more sand and deeper soils, which tends to produce more concentrated wine. The full clusters fermented with indigenous yeasts, and the wine matured in a […]
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La Rioja Alta Vina Arana Gran Reserva 2014
$95.00Apart from the beautiful 904 and the magisterial 890, Vina Arana is the most “classic” and traditional of La Rioja Alta’s wines. Expressive aromatics, indeed the most complex of this release. Blueberry, cassis, blackberry, dark cherry, five spice, Mediterranean herbs, vanilla and unlit cigar. Rich, full bodied and creamy. Very complete and balanced, interwoven flavours […]
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Akutain Cosecha Rioja 2019
$40.00Aged in neutral oak, this is brimming with bright fruit, but you can still see some tertiary notes, denoting traditional Rioja. Fruit driven and medium bodied with blackberry, plum, raspberry, tobacco, aniseed and cut flowers. The fruit is sweet and tangy, buoyed by sandy, grippy tannins and mouthwatering acidity. An absolute delight to drink. One […]
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Condado De Haza Ribera del Duero Crianza 2018
$50.00Perhaps a little less plush than than the Pesquera Crianza’s, with more earth and ferrous notes. It’s not rustic, a little less fine perhaps, but I love it’s burliness. Spice laden, dark fruits, some crunchy red ones too, lavender wood, smoke and bay leaf. Presence of chew, the tannins a rougher velvet and a vibrancy […]
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Dehasa La Granja Tinto 2007
$40.00There is hardly any development, well, there is some, but considering the age, remarkable. If you were under the impression that tempranillo doesn’t age well, you would be incorrect. Tasting a raft of 2007 Bordeaux’s recently, some of them 10 times the price, it had me wondering why we don’t drink more Spanish wines. Aromatic, […]
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Olivier Riviere Rioja Tinto Rayos Uva 2020
$32.00Contemporary Rioja meets traditional Rioja. Vibrant, juicy red and black fruits, with a dusting of herbs and spices. Sleek palate and chalky tannins. Olivier Riviere’s 2020 Rayos Uva is as pure and vibrant as Rioja can be. It is produced from the area of Aldeanuva de Ebro (Rioja Baja). The blend is dependent on the vintage but usually […]
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Veronica Ortega Quite Mencia 2018
$32.00Veronica Ortega is based in Valtuille de Abajo, and this wine comes from various parcels of organically tended old (80 years) vines around the village. 100% Mencía aged for seven months, half in amphorae and half in old oak, it has a lovely texture, and is full of red fruit flavour with floral hints. A […]
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La Rioja Alta Finca Martelo 2015
$105.00Intensely complex and aromas of blueberry, sweet raspberry, dark cherry, blackberry, lavender soap, lavender wood and five spice. Boom! So much energy and muscle, super tight, tense and coiled. Even the tannins are complex, sleek, firm and finally, powdery. Deep core and not the concentration of sweet fruit, but a deep core of savoury, spicy, […]
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Pesquera Ribera del Duero Tinto Crianza 2018
$65.00A real mouthful of warm, fruit-coated deliciousness. Just about the richest Crianza on the market. Seductive dark fruits of cassis, plum and dark cherry. Lavender, cola, sweet liquorice, dark chocolate and coal. Still there’s vibrancy, almost playful, amongst the weight and heft of forceful, hessian-like tannins. Balanced and long, and the overall impression is that […]
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Olivier Riviere Rioja Tinto Las Vinas de Eusebio 2018
$140.00Las Viñas de Eusebio is a blend of Tempranillo with 10% Graciano that has superb finesse and complexity. It matured in a 1,600-liter oak foudre and 225- and 500-liter oak barrels and as usual has a quite classical profile, with a mixture of gorgeous gossamer fruit and spice, 2018 was a very successful vintage for Olivier […]
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Olivier Riviere Rioja Tinto Ganko 2018
$100.00The blend for this, probably my favourite wine from Olivier, has changed and it’s now a 50/50 blend of Garnacha and Mazuelo (Carignan), which provides acidity and a vertical sensation like no other vintage of Ganko in the past. This is all from the village of Cárdenas in the Alto Najerilla in Rioja Alta, from high […]
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Mengoba Bierzo Brezo Mencia 2020
$30.00Super fragrant with cranberry raspberry, plum, violets and Middle Eastern spices. Juicy, and sleek, lovely mouthfeel, flavour and texture coating the palate. Very energetic from start to finish. A thoroughly delicious bistro wine. Waters Wine Co Pérez’s entry-level Mencía comes from multiple remote parcels of 30- to 60-year-old vines dotted around the slate-rich hillsides of […]
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