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Red
750ml
Bottle: $19.94
A fresh and mineral nose with cherries, currants and blueberries. Full body, compact and firm tannins and a medium...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $38.90 $42.48
12 bottles: $38.12
Classic spicy, leather and glossy oak scents give way to a velvety, suave, caressing wine in the mouth, with a long...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $18.00
12 bottles: $17.64
This polished red shows good density, with plum, cocoa, loamy earth and mineral flavors. Well-integrated tannins and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $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...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $44.40
6 bottles: $43.51
With an equal presence of Tempranillo and Garnacha grapes, our Campeador Reserva highlights the very best of both,...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $42.14
Garnet in color with intense savory aromas on the nose and an edge of dark fruit. Rich and full on the palate with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $222.79 $247.55
Intense blueberry, toasty oak, sweet plum and tobacco bouquet. The palate is full-bodied with a savoury texture, oaky...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $18.00
White
750ml
Bottle: $110.94
100% Viura. There's richness, ripeness and complexity in this stunning, long-lived Viura. Impressive aromatic...
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Red
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $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...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $44.94
12 bottles: $44.04
The 2014 Señorío de P Peciña Gran Reserva feels quite developed and tertiary with notes of iodine, brick dust,...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $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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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $66.12
The oaky 2014 Buenagente has notes of sawdust and toast coupled with some spices. The palate reveals fine-grained...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $204.84
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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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $293.56
‘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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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $249.47
Full-bodied, refined and powerful, with a luxurious texture, this red boasts glossy raspberry reduction, cherry and...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $55.48
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $137.20
A very balanced reserva with ultra fine tannins that are melted into the wine. Blueberry and light citrus undertones....
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $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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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $53.12
I got to taste the 2014 Crianza, which was fascinating to compare with the 2013. It's 80% Tempranillo and 10% each...
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2014 Spain Castilla Y Leon La Rioja

Ever since the Phoenicians and Romans brought their knowledge of vine cultivation to Spanish soils, the country's culture has grown alongside wine production, with wine being a vital part of Spanish identity and Spanish traditions. Each region of Spain has a wine quite distinct from the others, and it is produced by smallholders and families as much as it is by large companies and established wineries. From the relatively mild and lush regions of La Rioja to the arid plateaus that surround Madrid, grapes are grown in abundance for the now booming Spanish wine industry, and new laws and regulations have recently been put in place to keep the country's standards high. By combining traditional practices with modern technology, Spanish wineries are continuing to produce distinctive wines of great character, flavor and aroma, with the focus shifting in recent decades to quality over quantity.

The ancient, arid and beautiful region of Castilla y Leon is the largest in Spain, and amongst the largest single 'regions' in any country of Europe. It has been famed throughout the centuries for its architecture, its people, its art and literature, and not least for its characterful and flavorful wines, which capture the beating heart and passion of Spain and Spanish culture. Castilla y Leon is essentially a vast plateau, and is extremely dry, with a poor soil structure which one might think would make viticulture difficult, if not impossible. However, Castilla y Leon has plenty of native grape varietals which are able to stretch their roots deep underground, to tap into the moisture and minerals which can be found there.

La Rioja is by far the most famous wine region of Spain, and remains one of the world's great wine producing regions, consistently offering deep, complex red wines of character and distinction, partly due to the fact that La Rioja benefits from excellent soils, rich in minerals and nutrients, and plenty of sunshine. The climatic conditions allow the fine grape varietals to reach full ripeness and express plenty of the best features of their terroir, making La Rioja wines some of the most interesting to have ever come out of Europe. The Cantabrian mountains to the north provide the perfect shelter from the colder, wetter influences of the Atlantic oceans, and in the beloved vineyards of La Rioja, wineries have been cultivating exceedingly flavorful Tempranillo grapes for generations for the inclusion in their fine single variety and blended wines.