Your cart is empty. Six smashing wines from Spain that showcase the modern and traditional elements of this historic wine-producing country.
Bernebeleva's philosophy is all about making wines expressive of place, being in balance with nature and keeping the purity and charm of the fruit on show throughout the whole process. Using parcels of Grenache from each vineyard on the estate, this wine is one bursting with vibrant deliciousness. It's got drinkability in abundance, finished off with great finesse. This is the more approachable, every day version of his delicious Garnacha wines.
Built to drink now with gusto! Read More. It's a generous, full-flavoured style, full of Spanish flair, but without the heavy oak that can often drag these Rioja reds down. Not a normal Rioja, not normal by any standard, but delicious pulpy Tempranillo from the iconoclast Gonzalo Grijalba.
In fact, he can't call it Rioja, and nowhere is it mentioned on the label. Rather the label includes the quote "this wine is dedicated to the bank executives that denied loans to us on the basis that wine is not a seizable asset. Love a metaphor. Tom Puyaubert's Rioja wines are finer expressions, with no American oak, and fruit sourced from higher altitude vineyards, many organic no mean feat in Rioja.
A hands-off approach gives the wine a natural feel. Fermentation is in both concrete and tank, then ageing in concrete and large old oak. Some semi-carbonic maceration adds to aromatic lift and a bouncy tang. Lovers of Spanish reds, jump on in! The rocky Valdilecha vineyard is the on the opposite side of Madrid to Bernabeleva, where winemaker Marc Isart has his day job as head winemaker.
