The 1999 Abadia Retuerta reveals an opaque purple color as well as a classy complex bouquet of flowers black currants raspberries cherries and vanilla. Full-bodied and elegant yet concentrated as well as powerful with impressive... Read More

The floral perfumed and expressive 2019 Cardia Pombeiras was produced with Mencía from 40-year-old vines on slate soils 0.16 hectares. It fermented with some 30% full clusters and indigenous yeasts and matured in used French... Read More

A juicy and nervy red showing a tangy lift of white pepper to the red cherries and strawberries. Tight and dusty tannins thoroughly coat the fruit delivering a tight yet caressing feel to the succulent palate full of juicy berries.... Read More

A hint of dark earth funk to the fresh black cherries blueberries and a hint of savory nori and white pepper character. Very sappy and juicy on the palate with tart black cherries that brighten up the palate with a very appetizing... Read More

In 1985 in Laguardia, a small town in the Alevesa region of Rioja, a group of local vineyard owners founded Artadi as a co-operative with the view of focussing on their vineyards. This project was taken over in 1992 by the Localle... Read More

The 2021 Las Gravas contains grapes from a vineyard planted in 2006 (that already contributed to the 2020) and it has given the wine a fine-boned profile with more freshness and varietal Monastrell notes a rustic-elegant feeling.... Read More

I retasted the 2021 Clos Erasmus to compare it with the 2022 and 2023. The three vintages are very different. This 2021 has an ethereal character and comes through as a cool-climate wine; it doesn't have the same weight as... Read More

For the first time in years there's a new wine from Clos i Terrasses. And it's a white! The 2023 Laurel White comes from a plot in Manyetes with one hectare of white grapes—Garnacha Blanca Chenin Blanc Viognier and a... Read More

The 2019 Laurel is quite closed and shows serious and shy. It's made with all the grapes that are not used for Clos Erasmus—young vines the remaining Cabernet Sauvignon (no more than 5%) mostly Garnacha and some 15% Syrah.... Read More

2020 was a challenging year that gave them a lot of work in the vineyard but it it paid off. The 2020 Laurel feels very elegant balanced and fresh a little lighter perhaps with perfectly ripe tannins a little in line with 2016... Read More

The 2021 Laurel the second wine from Clos Erasmus was produced with grapes from younger vines between five and 40 years old and is a blend of 80% Garnacha 11% Syrah and 9% Cabernet Sauvignon. The grapes were cooled down for 24... Read More

The 2022 Laurel has the grapes from the younger vines but still not the ones from Manyetes that will contribute to this wine in 2023 for the first time. This is quite aromatic young tender and peachy attractive. She finds this... Read More

I’m often struck by El Reventon’s citrusy nose which involves grilled oranges and grapefruit. It is round but also minerally with beautifully chalky fine-grained tannins that melt through the palate. A light white-pepper touch... Read More

The nose and palate of the 2022 El Tamboril Tinto are really tight; it's a wine that needs more time (they reckon the 2016 is the one drinking well in 2024). It has a lot of energy and still has some creaminess and spiciness... Read More

The 2014 La Bruja de Rozas is produced from a variety of vineyards in the village of Rozas de Puerto Real. It's a fluid and fresh fruit-driven Garnacha with a tantalizing nose of flowers with an herbal twist wild strawberries... Read More

A brambly and open expression from Comando G with scented ethereal smoke agave white pepper and bergamot. If you enjoy drinking mezcal then you’ll probably find some similarities here. On the palate this is a round and fruity... Read More

A new lieu-dit or paraje red wine the 2022 Peña la Mora 1er was produced from old-vine Garnacha from 1.17 hectares at 1200 meters in altitude and a northern exposure on granite soils in the village of Navatalgordo. This is where... Read More

Smoke herbs pomegranate and some ethereal bramble berries. This is firm nicely chewy and chalky with sandy tannins smoke and grilled grapefruit in the pristine lengthy finish. Drink or hold.

Daniel Landi was born to a long family of grape growers in Mentrida, in the Sierra de Gregos mountains to the west of Madrid. He started to make wine in conjunction with his cousin at Bodegas Jiminez-Landi but he left in 2012... Read More

The juicy velvety and aromatic red 2020 Pícaro del Águila Tinto is fine-boned and quite faithfully represents what they want to express with this cuvée; it's very tasty and has some chalkiness (perhaps through less ripeness... Read More

I tasted two vintages of the entry-level wine starting with the 2021 Pícaro del Águila Tinto. It's ripe and round with round tannins velvety and polished approachable and hedonistic. It's nicely built and serious very... Read More

I also tasted the 2017 Canta la Perdiz from the low-yielding and warm year marked by spring frost. The Tempranillo field blend clusters fermented in concrete vats with natural yeasts after being foot trodden. The wine went through... Read More

2017 was a low-yielding year so I also tasted the 2018 Reserva their flagship red wine that wants to be a representation of the village of La Aguilera—fine serious and elegant. It's 95% Tempranillo with the remaining grapes... Read More

Listán Prieto with a bit of Tintilla sourced frommultiple, old-vine, piè franco parcels at over1,000m. Each parcel vinified separately, somein concrete and some in small open tubs.Roughly 10 days maceration with... Read More

The impressive 2021 La Santa de Úrsula has a floral peppery and herbal nose and an elegant and fresh palate with a sensation of harmony and balance. It has very fine tannins and a long clean and ethereal sensation in the finish.... Read More

Negramoll, Listán Negro and a bit of Listán Blanco from three north-facing parcels ofcentenarian piè franco vines in the La Corujera area, ranging from 350-650m above sea level.The vines are planted on sand... Read More

I tasted a very promising barrel sample of the 2023 Lousas Viñas de Aldea cropped from a more Atlantic cooler and rainier year (especially when compared with the super warm and dry 2022). Right now it's super primary (the... Read More

Listán Negro from centenarian piè franco vines trained in the ancient cordon trenzado in theLa Habanera parcel at 600m. The grapes fermented and macerated on the skins and stems in concrete tank for 15 days without... Read More

Listán Negro from centenarian piè franco vines trained in the ancient cordon trenzado in two parcels at 350m and 600m. The grapes were foot-trodden and fermented by parcel in large concrete vats with some whole clusters,then... Read More

I tasted the bottled 2022 Migan which was paler than the sample of 2023 I tasted next to it and also felt more reductive. Sixty-three percent of the wine was with lees in used 500- and 600-liter oak barrels and the rest (from... Read More

The 2023 Táganan Blanco didn't go through malolactic and matured in larger barrels (they are abandoning the 228-liter oak barrels) and the wine seems to have gained in freshness. It's also less reductive—volcanic yes... Read More

Many different local red grape varieties including Listán Negro, Listán Gaucho, and Malvasia Negro.
From ancient parcels at 75-300m right on the coast. The vines are own-rooted and untrained, and the precarious slopes... Read More

The 2023 Táganan Tinto comes from a very good vintage in the zone of Taganana a very complete year with enough rain and perfect textbook conditions. They picked the grapes from Taganana later than the ones from La Orotava. It... Read More

The nose of the 2021 Nit de Nin Mas d’en Caçador is really different with a savory condition reminiscent of cured sausage (Catalan "fuet" dry sausage) herbal fresh and floral with some notes of meat and blood. It was produced... Read More

After studying oenology at university Ester Nin settled in Priorat in 2000 began working for Mas Martinet. She now works as viticulturist for Daphne Glorian at Clos i Terraces. But in 2003 she began a side project called Nit de... Read More

After studying oenology at university Ester Nin settled in Priorat in 2000 began working for Mas Martinet. She now works as viticulturist for Daphne Glorian at Clos i Terraces. But in 2003 she began a side project called Nit de... Read More

After studying oenology at university Ester Nin settled in Priorat in 2000 began working for Mas Martinet. She now works as viticulturist for Daphne Glorian at Clos i Terraces. But in 2003 she began a side project called Nit de... Read More

The 2021 Finca Sandoval follows the path of the impressive 2020 with an exuberant Syrah nose all violets tar smoked bacon fat and hints of orange peel. This is a blend of 80% Syrah 10% Bobal and 5% each Moravia Agria and Touriga... Read More

The new kid on the block ... It's spicier, with notes of aromatic herbs, but it's a little bit framed by the oak with the core of blood orange and an ethereal side. The palate has abundant, slightly dusty tannins, chalky... Read More

...the wine feels quite free and shows the limestone soils quite faithfully. This is a lot more Mediterranean and perhaps true to the place, keeping the freshness, more in the style of a white Valentini. - Luis Gutiérrez,... Read More

Sensal is evolving to become Javi’s “Village” wine blended from several sites planted with Garnacha, Monastrell, Bonicaire, and Arcos. All the sites are situated around 700 meters above sea level near the village... Read More

Javi Revert is one of the most exciting young growers in the Mediterranean zone of Spain. - Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate

Simeta is made from the rare, local, and indigenous variety Arcos which once was widely planted... Read More

As with La Canoca the 2022 El Bardallo changes from a single-vineyard to a paraje (lieu-dit) wine and includes more plots in the same place to increase the volume of wine produced. It's Tempranillo with some 10% white grapes... Read More

There is a change in the 2022 La Canoca as this year it's no longer a single-vineyard wine but a paraje or lieu-dit wine that includes more plots from the same place. Therefore volumes have grown from 500 bottles in the previous... Read More

Not quite in the same league as the world-class 2010 Ygay but this is still a very impressive wine in its ow right. Marrying Tempranillo with 15% Mazuelo it reflects the hotter conditions o

The 2012 Rioja “Castillo Ygay” Gran Reserva Especial from Marqués de Murrieta is composed this year from a cépages of eighty-one percent tempranillo and nineteen percent mazuelo with the vines of both varieties in excess... Read More

Aromas of black berries black olives black truffles autumn leaves and earth. Grilled orange peel. Very complex. Medium-bodied with very fine tannins and a complex and complete finish. Nicely persistent and focused. 26 months in... Read More

The 2003 Numanthia was fashioned from yields of one ton of fruit per acre (from a clone of Tempranillo that often has the highest polyphenols of any Tempranillo clone). This cuvee is made from 70- to 100-year-old vines planted... Read More

Colour: very deep cherry;Aroma: complex expressive spicy mineral ripe fruit black fruit;Flavour:

I think the 2014 Albariño Selección de Añada could be the finest vintage of this characterful long-aging Albariño from a year with a more moderate 13% alcohol and very high acidity (and low pH) that make the wine fresher and... Read More

Made with grapes from our oldest vineyards in property. They are six small ‘sortes’ that were planted in the late 1970's and early 1980's and that Rafael Palacios acquired upon his arrival to the region during... Read More

A whopper in the making the 2001 Tinto possesses extraordinarily sweet fruit purity and richness. A deep ruby/purple color is followed by loads of chocolatey black currant cherry raspberry and licorice characteristics full body... Read More

The grapes for the 2020 Cantos del Diablo were picked a little earlier to avoid the rains and the wine has a paler color than the 2021 I tasted next to it. It feels a little more reductive and despite having very similar analytics... Read More

The 2021 Las Uvas de la Ira produced and sold before by Dani Landi is now a wine from Vitícola Mentridana under the direction of Curro Bareño who takes over in this cool vintage. It was produced in the same way from six vineyards... Read More