Spanish Wine

Organic/Bio Lower ABV The absolute essence of what we expect from Rias Baixas Albarino - but don't always get in these climate change times. This has attractive stone and tropical fruit aromas and flavors, but it really leans... Read More

Rioja can be lots of different things, including fresh, fruit-filled, and as easy to drink every day as a good Cru Beaujolais. While this blend of Tempranillo, 20% Garnacha and 5% white grapes aged in oak, it’s not oaky... 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

Organic/Bio Until recently, Comando G’s Fernando Garcia’s day job was running this very high-quality estate in Spain’s Sierra de Gredos, one of the most exciting regions for Grenache-based reds in the world today.... 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.” As usual, it’s a blend of around 85% Garnacha plus Tempranillo and a... Read More

Organic/Bio A bold, gutsy, Spanish red for Cotes du Rhone fans with plenty of rich fruit and a gentle earthy/wild herb edge. It’s 60% Monastrell and 40% Tempranillo aged in oak that adds roundness but not oaky flavors. Delivers... 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

If there’s a more delicious, run, robust red in the shop for the money right now…well, there isn’t. This is around 85% Monestrell (aka Mourvedre) and 15% Syrah from the high, hot, plains of Jumilla, Spain. Big,... Read More

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

Outstanding Crianza Rioja, direct and full of black fruit with a twist of blood orange and just enough oak influence to add spice without gripping tannins. Pure, full of drive, and remarkably tall on the palate, this will rock... Read More

Released in 2013 and now a full 22 year-old, this is a lovely, rich, and warming take on fully mature Rioja. You’ll find a bouquet of aged Tempranillo aromas like underbrush, sweet spice, earth, tobacco and subtle red fruit... Read More

One of the greatest wood Sherry's we've ever tasted, this is what happens when the flor on Amontillado dies early and lets the wine darken to Oloroso levels - and then gets aged for 30 years in American oak cask. A lovely... Read More

First created and made by Australia’s Chris Ringland, this is an unabashedly flashy and hedonistic bland of Monastrell and Cabernet Sauvignon done in new French oak. A tad more structured than the 2018, but the 92 point... Read More

Lower ABV This is classic Albarino from the seaside region of Ribadumía in the heart of the Salnés valley, bounded on two sides by cold Atlantic Ocean water flowing inland through the estuaries – or “Rias”... Read More

A sexy, luxurious, wine that will bowl you over with complexity and richness. It’s 100% Garnacha Blanca and opens with wild aromas of Mediterranean herbs, spice, wet stones and a bit of citrus zest. On the palate it’s... Read More

Classic Priorat fruit and minerality here delivered in a ready to drink style. It's a blend of Garnacha, Cariñena and Syrah grown on the rocky slate hills inland from Barcelona and shows real power to the black and... Read More

Organic/Bio The absolute essence of very old vine Garnacha grown at high altitudes in remote, nearly abandoned, Sirra de Gredos about 45 minutes from Madrid. The flavors are mostly what you’d expect – ripe raspberries... Read More

Organic/Bio Freshness is the name of the game with this delectable Cava; and why wouldn’t it be with vineyard sites on coveted limestone, marine soil and only a short car ride from the Mediterranean coast. Blended with the... Read More

From one of Rioja’s great historic estates, this blend of Tempranillo and 15% Graciano, Mazuelo and Garnacha aged 24 months in French and American oak is, as Wine Advocate says, “really very good, getting close to... Read More

A steak-ready Rioja that’s plump and dark with plenty of spicy intensity and a nice level of grip at the end. It’s Tempranillo with 15% Garnacha, Graciano and Mazuelo all aged in American oak, delivering both rich... Read More

In southern Catalonia, Terra Alta is a place of high mountains, steep valleys, and old vines of great potential that remained overlooked until neighboring Priorat burst into prominence 30 years ago. Potential is realized here... Read More

Like Terra Alta (south Catalonia) itself, this is a bit wild and untamed but showing sings for learning a bit of polish from its northerly neighbor, Priorat. It’s 100% Garnacha and positively explodes with dark red berry... Read More

766 bottles (63 cases) made. “Quasi Centenaria” roughly translates to “about 100 years old,” a reference to this gnarly old Carignan vineyard planted right around 1919. The vines grow on two steep, rock-covered,... Read More

448 bottles produced. For years we’ve told you Silvia’s wines include “Garnacha Peluda,” aka “Hairy Grenache.” Peluda is a clone of Garnacha evolved to handle especially windy, dry, locations.... Read More