Spanish Wine between $50 and $75

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

The grapes for the 2019 Cardia Seoane Baja come from the middle of the slope of this vineyard in Doade in the Amandi subzone of Ribeira Sacra. It is a blend of 80% Mencía and 20% Garnacha Tintorera and matured in French barriques... Read More

The 2019 Cazoga Cepas Centenarias comes from a steep slope planted in 1910 on shallow granite soils. The vines deliver very low yields (less than 2000 kilos per hectare) and it fermented with 25% full clusters and indigenous yeasts... 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 village 2023 Navatalgordo has grapes (mostly purchased from regular suppliers) from five different parajes or lieu-dits from the stony and quartz soils from the village. It has a stony personality but a perfumed nose of violets... Read More

The 2023 Rozas village from Rozas de Puerto Real comes from different vineyards (five) totaling five hectares on granite soils at an average altitude of 900 meters. It's juicy and has notes of pomegranate and strawberry and... 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

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

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

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

Incredible purity in this Albariño fermented in granite vessels and aged for 12 months on the lees in stainless steel. Subtle creaminess and assertive acidity underpinned by zesty lemon and white grapefruit. White orchard fruit... 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 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

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

A barrel selection of the most age-worthy wines from the vintage make the 2016 Gran Reserva Limited Edition this year a blend of 82% Tempranillo 10% Graciano and 8% Mazuelo selected from their 300 hectares of vineyards. The grapes... 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

The showy 2020 Malpuesto from the zone of the same name in Villabuena de Álava comes in a huge Burgundy bottle but the wine feels more proportioned than ever with much better integrated oak and contained ripeness and extraction.... 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