Red wines Spain
Bodega Valdecuevas Cantovera 9 meses D.O. Ribera del Duero
Grape variety: 100% Tinta del País (Tempranillo), which at these latitudes has a small grain with a thick rind creates an intense colour and fruit concentration characteristic of Ribera wines.
Winemaking: manual harvest, maceration for about 20 days, alcoholic fermentation at a stable temperature of 28 °C in conical tanks and malolactic fermentation in stainless steel tanks.
Aging: 9 months in French (50%) and American (50%) barrels. After ageing, the wine rests 6 months in French oak barrels with weekly battonage.
Goes well with red meat, game, stews and hard cheeses.
Price: €14.85
Bodegas Viñaguareña Munia Caracter D.O. Toro
Tritium Classic Tinto 6 Meses Rioja
This wine has an intense and shiny cherry red color. We smell cherry and raspberry. The taste is pleasant, fresh, fruity, balanced and silky.
Price per bottle: € 8,10
Tritium Crianza Rioja
Excellent with white and red meat, roast lamb, pork and poultry.
This bodega is located in the most famous wine region of Spain, La Rioja Alta. The tempranillo grape has ruled here for centuries and has adapted perfectly to the continental climate. The vineyards are located at an altitude of 600 m and the soil is a mixture of lime and clay with a high iron content. These historic vineyards have been preserved for a long time. This results in original vines, sometimes up to 90 years old.
Price per bottle: € 11,20
El Pacto Autor Crianza Rioja
El pacto is an organic Rioja and has an intense colour with a red and purple tint. The aroma is very intense: forest fruit, liquorice, forest soil, spices and chocolate. This wine has a lot of body but is at the same time fresh with an excellent balance! In the long aftertaste there are notes of fruit and wood due to the 14 months of aging in oak barrels.
Pradorey Adaro Ribera del Duero
The wine takes one of the surnames of the owner of Pradorey, Javier Cremades de Adaro, and reflects the values that underlie his wine concept. In his own words, they can be shared by every winegrower: "daring, patience, loving care, contentment". Adaro comes from Pradorey's most extraordinary terroir, Hoyo Dornajo, and is perhaps the most well-kept wine of his entire portfolio.
Colour: Dark cherry red with intense bluish nuances, deep and clear...
Nose: High intensity, a fusion of fruity aromas, especially red fruit, assembled with tertiary aromas, such as vanilla and liquorice, contributed by aging in oak barrels.
Mouth: Elegant, tasty and fresh. It combines ripe fruit with velvety tannins, giving a very pleasant mouthfeel and a very elegant finish.
Delicious dishes typical of the area: roast, game and red meat.
Price per bottle: € 18,60
Clos Pons Alges Costers del Segre
Clos Pons Alges, a good representative of the extreme viticulture of Les Garrigues, within Catalonia in northeastern Spain, combines tradition and modernity in the same wine.
Powerful, balanced, fragrant and fruity, Alges has a bouquet of pure fruit, surrounded by a light touch of wood that makes it elegant and subtle. Berries with a hint of jam, liquorice and cherries instead of mineral tones, a hint of species and its remarkable acidity result in a fresh and pleasant wine. Balance is the main note of this elegant and sexy wine, which invites you to drink one glass after another.
Matches perfectly: meat dishes, roasted dishes, tapas and stews.
Price per bottle: € 14,80
Joseph Grau Viticultor Vespres Montsant
Elegance, freshness and volume in the mouth.
Cherry color with the violet edge. Nose of black forest fruits. Ripe sensations on a mineral background. Balsamic notes combining the warmth of the most aromatic sandalwood. Fresh aftertaste and deep acidity. A faithful reflection of vintage.
This wine is made from various terrains near Marça, Falset and Capcanes, all with a very different terroir including rocky, granite, clay and lime. All vines are between 50 and 70 years old. All vineyards are maintained manually and organically, biologically. The grapes are harvested manually in boxes of 10kg. Fermented in cement tanks, only with naturally occurring yeasts. Afterwards a maturation of 9 months in barrels of 2000 liters. Pure finesse!
Price per bottle: € 16,50
Joseph Grau Viticultor La Florens Montsant 2022
In the nose immediately black and ripe fruit. Balsamic notes and spicy soil of black pepper and minerality with hints of stone fire. Subtle aromas of pink and purple petals then appear. On the palate, a sublime texture and voluminous entry of ripe fruit with a very good acidity. Well dosed tannins. Long and fresh aftertaste. A wine that will age very well.
The wine comes from an estate with 3 hectares of plants of different ages 40, 70 and 100 years, in the municipality of Marçà (El Priorat), on clay soils. La Florens is a selection of the best grapes from the 100 year old parcel. Organic wine-growing and ecological wine-making process, where all the work is carried out 100% by hand. Harvesting in crates of 10 kilos.
Price per bottle: € 26,50
Joseph Grau Viticultor Pedrabona Priorat 2020
Pedrabona, the first Spanish red wine produced by Joseph Grau Viticultor in Priorat. It is made from low-productivity vineyards about 25 years old, planted on a 4-hectare estate called "Lo Panso", located in Bellmunt del Priorat. The plots, which are organically cultivated, are divided into terraces consisting of black and blue slate soils. The typical, unique mineral "llicorella" soils that characterize the Priorat region.
The red wine Pedrabona has a pure, bright, beautiful garnet color with a reddish edge.
Expressive and lively on the nose. The aromas of blueberries and bitter cocoa are supported by some spicy and balsamic notes, some roasted nuances and a seductive minerality. Juicy on the palate, precise and tight. This wine is reminiscent of black fruit, liquorice and violets, with a lively acidity and some smooth tannins. Long finish with some dusky mineral overtones and intimacies of flowers and spices.
Decant Pedrabona 2019 at least 1 hour before drinking.
Price per bottle: € 26,50
Sierra Salinas Puerto Salinas Alicante
Deep cherry red color, brilliant. Intense aromas of ripe black fruit with a very subtle balsamic background. On the palate it is fresh, fruity, with mineral notes and a slightly spicy touch. Good balance and structure.
Price per bottle: € 10,55
Brutal de Mencia Bierzo
Cherry red color with purple accents. Intense nose, fresh and elegant where the sensations of red and black fruit and spices dominate. Well-constituted ripening based on balsamic and minerals. On the palate it is soft, fresh and lively, the sensations of red fruit and aromas elegant. Round and soft tannins. Well balanced acidity. Fine and long aftertaste.
Price per bottle: € 10,50