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The wine Intense purple tones, with soft cardinal edging, covered layer, clean and bright. Very intense and complex, with bright aromas of ripe black fruit; Acid blackberry and blueberry jam with balsamic elegant lavender, balanced with tertiary aromas from the barrel aging, highlighting spicy clove and black pepper, fine chocolate, roasted and licorice stick. Learn More

The fusion of a traditional native varietal and the rich slate soil of a century-old single vineyard. Harvested by hand and aged for 12 months in French and Caucasian 300-liter oak barrels.

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The bedrock is schistous: the same rock that underlies the Port vineyards of the Douro further downstream.

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Fruit for this organic Garnacha-dominant blend from Priorat comes from six different old vine sites in the village of Gratallops.

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Expansive, spice- and smoke-accented aromas of red/blue fruit preserves, incense and five-spice powder, along with cola and mineral flourishes.

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Barajuela is a type of albariza soil which is chalk-based and white and uniquely from the Jerez region. This is not a fortified sherry though and is rather a vintage Palomino Fino (aged with flor) and made in a fashion the preceded the Solera system of aging that dominates Sherry production today. The extract and density on the palate is unctuous, precise and sharp all at once. Learn More

One of a number of pies containing the fingers of the dynamic and pioneering winemaker, Alvaro Palacios, Descendientes de J. Palacios is named in tribute to Alvaro’s father, the Riojan winemaker José Palacios Remondo. Learn More

Brilliant violet color. A hugely perfumed and complex bouquet evokes ripe red and blue fruits, candied flowers, exotic spice, licorice and smoky minerals. Sweet and penetrating on the palate, offering densely packed black raspberry, cherry liqueur, spicecake and lavender flavors that show outstanding delineation and back-end power. The mineral and floral notes drive an extremely long, energetic finish that leaves an alluring dark berry preserve note behind. Learn More

Inky bright-rimmed ruby. An exotically perfumed bouquet displays sexy black and blue fruit liqueur scents complicated by suggestions of potpourri vanilla and incense. Stains the palate with sweet deeply concentrated boysenberry cherry cola and fruitcake flavors; a sexy violet pastille nuance emerges with aeration. Rich but also impressively balanced with velvety tannins building slowly on a strikingly long penetrating finish.

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he extremely young 2017 Carralcoba shows great intensity on the palate, with a long, lingering finish. It's nicely textured, with the classical granite austerity and some fine granularity. The nose takes time to open up, which shows the extreme youth of the wine, and I believe it should develop with a few more years in bottle. Learn More

Lovely aromas and flavors of dark strawberry and cherry with hints of tobacco, vanilla, and warm oak. A fantastic bottle of wine from an old, family-run producer. Highly Recommended The insanely valued, storied Riojas from Marqués de Tomares are the perfect expression of a classic Tempranillo that is still fresh, fruit forward and balanced into a seamless blend not often found in Rioja at this price range. Learn More

An elegant wine with rare complexity and character, Elvi Herenza Reserve Rioja contains hints of fruity berries with a unique character and lingering finish. An excellent choice for any sophisticated palate. Learn More

A blend of Tempranillo, Garnacha and Graciano harvest by hand. The grapes are destemmed then placed in wooden vats. It is then matured in oak barrels that have already been used for 2 or 3 wines for 24 months.

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The 2017 Balado felt a bit austere, very young, and it's a wine that usually takes some more time in bottle to show its true colors. The 2017s from Zárate are a lot fresher than what the early harvest from a warm and dry year could make you think. 2,660 were filled in May 2018, as they usually bottle in the spring. Learn More