A rich, toasty red, offering a silky mix of concentrated boysenberry, cassis, espresso, dried mint and black licorice flavors. The muscular tannins are tightly sprung, but well-meshed with the fruit profile, emerging to...

This appealing red shows good focus and fine structure without excessive weight. Flavors of crushed black raspberry, cassis and mountain herbs, plus lots of black pepper, anise and sandalwood accents, expand on the creamy...

The eponymous red 2022 Ponce was produced with 80% Bobal from granite soils and 20% Moravia Agria from limestone and clay. It fermented with 100% full clusters in open-top 4,500-liter oak vats and finished fermenting and...

The 2022 Garnacha Arroyo del Tórtolas is 100% Garnacha from Gredos. The attractive nose offers precise pomegranate aromas with hints of pink grapefruit, herbs, dried roses and rosehip. The palate is medium-bodied with...

The 2022 Garnacha Viña Bonita comes from Gredos, a subzone of San Martín de Valdeiglesias. Aged for 12 months in used large barrels or foudres, it opens with intriguing wild herb aromas followed by ripe guinda, dried...

The 2022 Selección Albilla is a new top-of-the-range white. It comes from two plots of vines (70% granite and 30% limestone and gravel) one in Villamalea and another one by the winery at a higher altitude, where they find...

A graceful red, showing lovely balance. Structured by refreshing blood orange peel acidity and light, supple tannins enmeshed with a pure beam of crushed boysenberry and mulberry fruit, floral, dried thyme, licorice root...

The 2022 Pícaro del Águila Tinto has similar parameters to the 2021 (14% alcohol), but the sensation is of higher ripeness. Surprisingly enough, it has a lower pH than the 2021 I tasted next to it; they used more white to...

The 2022 Seis de Luberri is a Tempranillo from Rioja Alavesa, aged for up to 12 months in barrels. Displaying a garnet color, the oak takes the forefront in the aromas, accompanied by layers of cherry and elderberry with...

The 2022 Macharnudo San Cayetano Vino de Pasto is an unfortified Palomino from Sherry soils, from the famous Macharnudo vineyard in Jerez. The grapes were sun dried for a few hours, and the wine has less biological...

Lively acidity and notes of black plum skin and pomegranate impart a bright tang to this harmonious red. Minerally on the nose and palate, with ripe black raspberry, floral, marjoram and cocoa powder elements layered with...

Dark-fruited with subtle chocolate, this Ribera del Duero opens with layers of blackberries, pepper and graphite. The palate is full-bodied and composed, with finely etched, dusty yet refined tannins that frame the...

A simple, ripe Penedes that remains transparent, with bramble berries, dried herbs and ripe red cherries. This is round and balanced, with medium acidity and a medium body on the palate and a textured finish to close...