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750ml
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$19.94
A fresh and mineral nose with cherries, currants and blueberries. Full body, compact and firm tannins and a medium...
750ml
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$38.90
$42.48
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$38.12
Classic spicy, leather and glossy oak scents give way to a velvety, suave, caressing wine in the mouth, with a long...
750ml
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$18.00
12 bottles:
$17.64
This polished red shows good density, with plum, cocoa, loamy earth and mineral flavors. Well-integrated tannins and...
750ml
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$23.94
12 bottles:
$23.46
Still quite youthful and fruit-expressive on the nose for a Gran Reserva, showing a hint of pencil lead, dark...
750ml
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$222.79
$247.55
Intense blueberry, toasty oak, sweet plum and tobacco bouquet. The palate is full-bodied with a savoury texture, oaky...
1.5Ltr
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$52.94
6 bottles:
$51.88
Dark red. Spice-tinged red berry and cherry scents are complemented by hints of coconut and succulent herbs. Shows...
750ml
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$42.90
12 bottles:
$42.04
The 2014 Señorío de P Peciña Gran Reserva feels quite developed and tertiary with notes of iodine, brick dust,...
750ml
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$28.79
12 bottles:
$28.21
Aromas of cherries, tobacco, cloves and wet earth. Medium-bodied with a round texture. Shows layers of savory fruit,...
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Alilian Buenagente 2014
750ml - Case of 6
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$67.22
The oaky 2014 Buenagente has notes of sawdust and toast coupled with some spices. The palate reveals fine-grained...
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Alion Ribera Del Duero 2014
750ml - Case of 6
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$209.21
2014 is a better vintage in Ribera del Duero than in Rioja, and the 2014 Alión shows it. Sourced from 130 hectares...
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Benjamin Romeo Contador 2014
750ml - Case of 6
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$296.01
‘You can’t spit this,’ Benjamín Romeo told me when I tasted it from barrel. It wasn’t the finished blend,...
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Benjamin Romeo La Cueva Del Contador 2014
750ml - Case of 6
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$64.95
Youthful purple. A complex, oak-spiced bouquet displays ripe boysenberry and cherry, candied violet, cola and mocha...
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Bodegas Muga Rioja Gran Reserva Prado Enea 2014
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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$254.77
Full-bodied, refined and powerful, with a luxurious texture, this red boasts glossy raspberry reduction, cherry and...
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Contino (Cvne) Rioja Gran Reserva 2014
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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$139.99
A very balanced reserva with ultra fine tannins that are melted into the wine. Blueberry and light citrus undertones....
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Cvne Rioja Gran Reserva Imperial 2014
750ml - Case of 6
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$69.90
A fine-tuned and polished gran reserva with lots of finesse and linear character. Medium body. Refined and beautiful....
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Hacienda Monasterio Ribera Del Duero 2014
750ml - Case of 12
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$53.12
I got to taste the 2014 Crianza, which was fascinating to compare with the 2013. It's 80% Tempranillo and 10% each...
Grenache Mencia Tempranillo 2014
The Grenache grape holds the honor of being the most widely planted wine grape varietal on earth. It has a long and impressive history, and has been the backbone of the some of the planet’s most respected and famed wine regions, blended with Syrah in regions such as Chateauneuf du Pape, and in certain other Loire and Languedoc regions where it reigns supreme as a single varietal wine grape. In other key areas, such as Spain’s La Rioja (where it is known as Garnacha Tinta), it is blended with Tempranillo to make that country’s signature red wine, and is widely used as a blending grape in other old and new world countries, due to its unique character and jammy, fruit forward character.
For a long time, the Grenache grape was somewhat looked down upon as an ignoble varietal, incapable of producing wines of any particular interest. However, times are very much changing - in the right hands, Grenache grapes result in astonishingly intense and complex wines, full of fascinating features, and capable of achieving plenty of expression. For a while now, Grenache has been a major player in Australian wines. While not yet quite as extensively planted down under as Shiraz is, the Barossa Valley is bringing out some of the finest examples of this grape’s wines in recent years.
There are plenty of notable native Spanish grapes which have made a big impression on the wine world at large, but none are as renowned or as widely loved as the Tempranillo varietal. This black skinned grape has been used for wine making for centuries, with several ancient civilizations noticing the fact that it is highly versatile and holds some delicious flavors and aromas, perfect for those looking for a powerful yet elegant grape for their wines. Tempranillo often causes winemakers some trouble, however, as it is highly susceptible to many diseases. Despite this, plenty continue to persevere with this varietal, as it is perfect for producing delicious and complex single variety and blended wines, packed full of classic Spanish flavors and plenty of aromatic and intense surprises.