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RIOJA
Bodegas
Paternina
Founded
in 1896, Bodega Paternina is based in Haro, the epicentre of the Rioja wine
trade.
The Monte Haro Joven is soft
and elegant with good red fruit flavours.
The Banda Dorada white has
crisp citrus fruit.
2008/09
Monte Haro Tinto
Joven
Price: £6.49
Bin No. SP02
2006/07 Banda
Azul Crianza
Price: £7.98
Bin No. SP04
2009/10 Banda Dorada
Blanco Tinto
Joven
Price: £6.49
Bin No. SP61
2009/10 Banda
Rosa
Price: £6.49
Bin No. SP92
Bodegas Navajas
The wines
of Antonio Navajas go from strength
to strength. He blends a
little of his oak-aged wine in
with his Tinto to give it more body to
balance the fruit.
We have been shipping his Crianza for over ten years: this
wine offers sensational rich plummy-oak flavours at a
very reasonable price.
2009 Cruz del Castillo
Tinto
Price: £6.98
Bin No. SP08
2009
Bodegas Navajas
Tinto
Price: £6.98
SP18
2007
Bodegas Navajas
Crianza
Price: £8.49
SP21
2004/05
Bodegas Navajas
Reserva
Price: £10.98
SP22
Marqués de Murrieta
A superb range of Riojas from the
great Marqués de Murrieta
300 hectare Ygay estate at Logrono.The
Marquès de Murrieta Reserva
is benchmark Rioja that has been aged in American oak for over 20 months –
perfect example of modern-style Rioja, and the classic Castillo Ygay Gran
Reserva
has fabulous complexity having spent 40 months in American oak. For a real
treat try the Dalmau Reserva 2004 their flagship modern style reserva
that has
10% Cabernet Sauvignon added into the blend creating a wine of great intensity
of black fruit.
2005
Marqués de Murrieta Ygay
Reserva
Price: £13.99
Bin No. SP29
2004/05
Marqués de Murrieta Ygay
Reserva Magnum
Price: £37.95
Bin No. SP28
2001
Castillo Ygay
Gran Reserva
Especial
Price: £28.95
Bin No. SP15
2004/5
Dalmau
Reserva
Price: £69.95
Bin No. SP03
2001
Castillo Ygay Magnum
Gran Reserva
Especial
Price: £94.95
Bin No. SP151
The Capellania Reserva
is typical rich white Rioja, made from
a blend of Viura, Malvasia & Garnacha,
but less heavily oaked
than it was in the past.
2002
Marqués de Murrieta 'Capellania'
Reserva
Price: £14.98
Bin No. SP62
Cune
Three
great Riojas: Vina Real Reserva,
the ultimate expression
of Rioja Alaves; Contino Reserva,
a single estate that has been producing
benchmark Rioja since
its creation in 1973; and Imperial Gran Reserva a
superb
Rioja Alta made from 85% Tempranillo that is mature but will age for
years.
2004/05
Vina
Real
Reserva
Price: £16.99
Bin No. SP09
2005/06
Contino
Reserva
Price: £21.99
Bin No. SP25
1999
Imperial
Gran
Reserva
Price: £25.99
Bin No. SP26
Ribera del Duero and Toro
The Alion Reserva is one of Spain’s finest red wines,
combining elegance, grip and
fabulous damson-black fruit. Alion comes
from Vega’s
neighbouring estate and is 100% Tempranillo.
2005
Carramimbre Tinto
Ribero del Douro
Price: £9.99
Bin No. SP10
2005
Alion
Reserva Vega
Sicilia
Price: £46.95
Bin No. SP05
1999
Valbuena
Vega Sicilia
Price: £59.95
Bin No. SP30
Catalunya - Castillo Peralada
Some
of our favourite wines on the list come from
Castillo
Perelada
in the
Costa Brava. The superb Castillo Perelada Roc Crianza is a blend
of
Garnacha, Carinena and Tempranillo that has spent 12 months in American
and French barriques giving it the classic vanilla flavours that balance the
forest fruits.
The 3 Fincas Crianza and 5 Fincas Reserva are big reserve wines
that have spent
18 months in oak and have broad sweet tannins and a superlative depth of plum
and damson fruit. The superb Gran Claustro – their flagship blend of
Cabernet, Merlot,
Carignena and Garnacha – was rated top Spanish red in Wine Magazine. Their
taster
noted: ‘Deep, dark and richly fruited with a gorgeous aroma. The palate is
magnificent. Lovely!’
2005
Castillo Peralada Roc
Crianza
Price: £7.49
Bin No. SP13
2007
Castillo Peralada
3 Fincas
Crianza
Price: £8.99
Bin No.
SP141
2005
Castillo Peralada
5 Fincas
Reserva
Price: £12.98
Bin No.
SP142
2005/06
Castillo Peralada
Finca Malaveina
Price: £21.95
Bin No. SP07
2002
Castillo Peralada
Gran Claustro
Price: £39.95
Bin No.
SP19
The Roc Blanco a stunning blend of X-arello and Muscat,
producing a wine with
a fine acidity combined with intense aromatics.
2008
Castillo
Perelada Roc
Blanco
Price: £7.49
Bin No.
SP74
Priorat - Red
The wines from Perelada's Priorat Estate -
Spain's most fashionable wine
region - are unreconstructed blockbusters: huge
structure, heady plum fruit,
hoofing alcohol content.
2002
Solanes
Priorat
Price: £17.99
Bin No. SP17
2000
Cims de Porrera
Classic
Price: £49.95
Bin No. SP177
Rest of Spain
Castell del Remei
Gottim Bru is a superb Merlot/Tempranillo
blend from
the little known Costers del Segre DO in south-east Spain.
Vega
Sicilia’s Pintia from
Toro is powerful and intense with dark plum fruit and has gained 95 Parker
points.
2008
Castell del Remei Gottim Bru
Costers
del Segre
Price: £8.98
Bin No. SP01
2006
Pintia
Toro - Vega Sicillia
Price: £36.95
Bin No. SP27
The
Bodegas Momo
white from Rueda is a delicious blend of Verdejo and Viura with
lovely zesty, citric freshness.
The Pazo de Barrantes Albarino
is owned by the
Creixell
family of Marqués de Murrieta and is a wine that is wonderfully aromatic
with exotic fruit overlays.
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2009/10
Pazo De Barrantes Albarino
Rias Baixas
Price: £14.98
Bin No. SP63
2009/10
Momo Verdejo/Viura
Rueda
Price: £6.99
Bin No. SP66
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