Spanish Red Wine
Spanish red wines offer absolutely superb value and are some of the boldest found anywhere in Europe. Red wine from Spain is striking, unique and matches perfectly with buttery, rich foods. Spain has enjoyed a wine renaissance over the past few decades and is now producing a more diverse range of beautiful reds than ever before.
Previous vintages:
Plush, polished and sophisticated, Contino Reserva is one of the finest Riojas around. Sweet fruit, exotic >
This Gran Reserva comes from Bodegas Urbina's best grapes. From vines with a minimum age of 20 years. Great depth and intensity >
If after tasting the sumptuous 2018 Clos de Bartolomé you're not compelled to fire up the grill and slap on the sirloin >
Bodegas Urbina have produced a very classic Rioja from the excellent 2006 vintage that has since developed beautifully in >
C.V.N.E’s Imperial Gran Reserva, a modern, richly-fruited and structured Bordeaux-beater of a Rioja, the style of which >
Made from 40 year-old vines, and aged for 15 months in French oak barrels - this is very deep in colour, with intense dark >
Big, warm, flavoursome old-vines garnacha is a real Spanish speciality, and our favourite, Las Martas, manages to combine >
CVNEs Imperial wines have long been my benchmark Rioja, to which all others must be compared, so it comes as no surprise >
This sumptuous barrel-aged crianza is made in the heart of La Rioja Alta, where the regions very finest vineyards lie, and >
There is no doubt that some of our very best recent wine discoveries over the last few years have heralded from some of >
Quite a big tempranillo, so typical of Ribera, with a lovely seam of freshness. It's seen just 6 months in oak, which has >
As Rioja goes this is very light and approachable style. Ripe cherry fruit character on the palate with savoury notes combining >
Plummy purple in colour and delightfully elegant on the nose with aromas of liquorice thanks to some barrel ageing. The >
A complex nose of dark fruits and licorice which continue to the palate. These move aside where the oak gives subtle vanilla, >
A wonderfully vibrant red colour with blue tints. The nose initially reminds me of the glorious forest fruit flavoured fromage >
A new classification of wines in Priorat has just been announced - how wine-growing regions love such things. We dont know >
Powerful aromas of blackberry and raspberry preserves, dark chocolate, aromatic herbs, cinnamon and nutmeg.
A Spanish beauty from Tarragona, 100 miles southwest of Barcelona. Nine months ageing in barrel adds complex perfume and >
A classic crianza with flavours of fresh, lush berry fruits balanced with very well-judged use of oak. This wine doesn't >
Has expressive wild strawberry fruit, with a complex, savoury character and subtle, smoky vanilla notes. Has the polished, >
Deep intense cherry and plum fruit with exotic spice, and polished oak. A stylish Rioja.
This is good. Secondary aromas again of fig, prune, mushroom, bay leaf , but also nice red fruit, vanilla, chocolate and >
