Rioja, SpainTempranillo with a classic top up of garnacha and graciano. Love the nose here, an earthy mix of cherries flecked with floral notes. The attack is juicy with lively red fruits and spice with a warm, spicy, but modern, clean finish. Eighteen months in older American oak frames the fruit but doesn’t cover it. Pizza, burgers, chicken kebabs will all work here.Tasted: 14 September 2017Tasted by: Prices:
Rioja, SpainTempranillo is splashed with garnacha and graciano in this youthful Rioja. Juicy red currant, cherry and plum has an abundance of joyful florals and a modicum of tannic grip, perfectly placed to frame the sun-warmed fruit. A dusting of peppery spicing closes out the finish. This spends 18 months in older American oak, all ably gobbled up by the fruit. This is for drinking now, ideally with sausage/arugula pizza mid-week.Tasted: 10 April 2017Tasted by: Prices: