Spanish Wine

The 2021 Ultreia La Vitoriana shows some unusual toasty notes, hints of raw meat and lots of tannins, and this is the more tannic of the Ultreia range even if they lower the intensity here. The wine...

The new 2021 Ultreia Villegas is from a part of the vineyard that was previously use for the Ultreia Valtuille, and they selected the sandier part to produce this bottling. It's very low yielding,...

Camí Pesseroles is the reflex of its location, the ancient mountain road from Gratallops to Porrera, where you sink knee-deep into the slate. It is also the reflex of that old Cariñena, which is more...

Clos Martinet is crafted from grapes grown each year in the Mas d’en Martinet vineyard, located within Gratallops village. The vineyard’s slate soil imparts a distinctive minerality to the wine,...

The nose of the 2021 Clos Martinet is amazing, very different, perfumed, elegant and nuanced. I wondered why, and there was an explanation. In 2021, it had a shorter vinification, and part was...

The 2023 Orballo ( which means "light rain" in Galician) is a varietal Albariño from the vines in the Finca Vilachan in the subzone of O Rosal on schist soils, closer to the sea, with a more marked...

The 2023 Val do Galir A Malosa Godello was sourced from 50% of their 21-hectare A Malosa vineyard in the village of Éntoma in the Galir Valley, where they have different expositions, altitudes (400...

The 2023 Regueirón was still unbottled, but I tasted the final blend from foudre, ready to be bottled in August. It's their single-vineyard Godello from the village of Éntoma on slate and schist...

The village red 2023 Maruxa Mencía is from slate and schist soils in the village of Éntoma. They picked the reds after September 18, as they had some rains that made the cycle longer. The wine has...

The red 2020 A Villeira was produced with a blend of Mencía and some Garnacha Tintorera, Brancellao, Sousón and Merenzao from a plot on granite soils in the zone of As Ermitas in the westernmost part...

Los Carismáticos is a Merenzao/Trousseau wine produced in a more delicate way. The 2019 Los Carismáticos comes from the Val do Bibei (As Ermitas), 0.3 hectares of 50+-year-old vines on decomposed...

I had not tasted the 2018 Valdeginés unbottled, as I did with some of its siblings, but the east-facing plot that tends to deliver more Atlantic, cooler wines saw its character accentuated in the...

The perfumed, nuanced and fragrant nose of 2017 Viña El Pisón clearly tells you this wine has something special. It's a very consistent vineyard, the one that seems to deliver irrespective of the...

The 2018 El Escolladero is a single-vineyard bottling from a plot in the village of Ábalos. It's a blend of 85% Tempranillo and 15% Graciano from vines planted in 1950 on classical clay and limestone...

Asúa was born out of a desire to capture the essence of Haros’ historic wines. Haro was the birthplace of modern Rioja in the 19th Century, and is home to some of the most important historic...

Asúa was born out of a desire to capture the essence of Haros’ historic wines. Haro was the birthplace of modern Rioja in the 19th Century, and is home to some of the most important historic...

Asúa is deep garnet in colour with bluish hints at the rim. The nose is complex and has an attr0 aromatic intensity, with notes of forest fruits and liquorice integrated with aromas of coffee,...

Golden yellow in colour, clean and bright. This is a supremely elegant, complex white that has enticing floral , citrus and toasted nut aromas. Very good acidity and a delicate mouth feel. Fruity...