Enrique Mendoza, Merlot - Crianza 2003 - Alicante D.O.

This wine was harvested on the 25th of September of 2003. It was fermented and soaked in stainless steel deposits at a controlled temperature of 27ºC. Afterwards it was left in barrels made of American oak from Ohio during 12 months. It have a red ruby colour with maroon sparkles and a high-medium layer. On the mouth it is mature, calm with a fine and elegant tannin charge. The bouquet reminds of lower mountain like rosemary, lavender, and thyme. Red fruits join, as well as floral aromas, characteristic of this variety. We recommend decanting, as natural sediments may appear with aging.

Price: 8,95 €

Enrique Mendoza, Pinot Noir - Crianza 2002 - Alicante D.O.

The grape was picked the 2nd fortnight of September. After that the sticks were taken out gently, so it could ferment in small deposits of stainless steel at a temperature of 25ºC, with the maximum amount of whole grain. The wine had a post fermentative soaking of 7 days. Subsequently, it was left in new French oak barrels from Allier for 12 months. It has a red ruby colour with maroon and red tile notes, due to its pass by the barrel. It has a wild fruit bouquet with blackcurrant and blueberry which entwines with low mountain notes and rosemary. It also reminds us of white flowers such as violets, as well as fine toasted notes, smoke and vanilla acquired with aging.

Price: 9,50 €

Enrique Mendoza, Petit Verdot - Alicante D.O.

Big wine with a red cherry colour and violet sparkles. The bouquet reminds us of wild fruits like blackberries, blueberries and strawberries entwined with black stones, graphite, humus, wet land, undergrowth, toasted and smoked. On the mouth it is powerful, serious, meaty, with plentiful tannins which prepare it to live.

Due to the handmade production procedure, we recommend to decant, as this wine hasn’t been clarified, passed by low temperatures, or micro filtered, so natural sediments may appear with aging.

Price: 12,50 €

Enrique Mendoza, Cabernet-Shiraz - Reserva 2002 - Alicante D.O.

It was harvest the third week of October. The wine had a slow fermentation at 27ºC in stainless steel deposits with original yeasts from the vineyard, remaining for 18 months in barrels made of French oak from Allier. The wine has a high layer, red ruby colour with a touch of red tile. On the smelling phase it is very mineral, calm and quiet and reminds of eucalyptus and mint. On the mouth it is intense with a mature character, dense and meaty with plentiful granulated and sweet tannins, keeping a perfect balance between acidity, alcoholic degree, fruit and wood. The aftertaste is long and harmonious, and the great quality smoked and toasted notes return to us once more. This wine hasn’t suffered a clarification, it hasn’t been passed by cold or microfiltered. Due to the hand-made treatment it may have natural sediments as the years pass. It is a wine to keep and consume on a long-term.

Price: 12,75 €

Santa Rosa, Reserva 2002 - Alicante D.O.

This wine has been manufactured with special selected grapes and only the smallest grapes have been picked. The grapes ferment with environmental yeast searching for a greater depth of the wine. The wine ferments at 28ºC, and has a post-fermentative soaking of 14 days. It was left for 18 months in new barrels made of French oak from Allier and Nevers. Wine of a high layer. Red ruby colour, intense with red tile sparkles acquired with the aging. On the smelling phase it is very mineral, reminding us of graphite, humus, black stones and freshly farmed land. These mineral aromas finally entwine with spicy notes, soothing and floral like the violet. On the mouth it is very well balanced, uniting power and elegance with a firm tannic charge on the centre of  the mouth, without concentrations or aggressiveness. The aftertaste is large and harmonious and the smoked and toasted notes acquired with the pass by the barrel return once more.

Price: 20,00 €

Casar de Burbia 2004 - Bierzo D.O

This wine is produced 100% on the Mencia grape from vines between 10 – 102 years old and has aged 6 months in new American, French  and Hungarian oak barrels. Brilliant and clean in appearance. Intense ruby red colour with young purple hues. In the nose appropriate intensity, complex and in good evolution, wide conjunction of fruity and vegetable shades, rounded and an excellent lingering finish.

Price: 8,50 €

Hombros 2003 - Bierzo D.O

Simply extraordinary youthful colour, indicative of an excellent harvest. Brilliant violet highlights that reveal positive acidity to withstand the passage of time. The bouquet displays fine ageing of vanilla, coconut, chocolate and ripe tobacco, together with abundant stewed fruit in a perfect balance. In the mouth it is broad, flavoursome, seamless and with powerful tannins.

Price: 12,00 €

Tebaida - Bierzo D.O

Brilliant purple red, abundant glycerine drops due to concentration. Bouquet of fine stewed berries and a long persistence moreish with an adequate balance between wine and oak thanks to heavy fruitiness.

This wine will  enjoy a long life.

Price: 19,50 €

Genus 2004 - Jumilla D.O.

Made from Monastrell and syrah grapes, Genus combines perfectly freshness and structure. Full bodied, high intensity of colour with lots of depth, very fruity, ripe red fruits, jam and a precise touch of new wood. Genus, a great wine. Aged 4 months in new oak barrels.

Price: 4,00 €

Abanico - Méntrida D.O.

A Blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Merlot. Fabulously concentrated fruit, wiht well integrated ripe tannins, cream and spices, a touch of leather and a hint of acid. Blackcurrants, pluns, raspberry and sweet spice with a nice touch of wood. Great lenght, powerful and intense. A truly great wine where the varietals are in perfect harmony.

Price: 3,25 €

BB Crianza 2002 - Méntrida D.O.

Beautifully textured, deep ruby/purple colour with a delicate and strong nose with aroma of new saddle leather, chocolade and pepper.

Price: 4,25 €

Señorío de Mariscal,Crianza - Mondéjar D.O.

Red cherry colour with slight terracotta shades at the border. The bouquet is a harmony of aromas of ripe black fruits with the characteristic notes of coffee and tobacco as a result of having been matured in oak barrels. To the palate, it is well-structured with toasted and balsamic notes.

Price: 6,00 €

Cueva de los Judios - Mondéjar D.O.

Intense red cherry colour with slight terracotta tones at the border. The bouquet is of ripe red fruit aromas with the specific aroma of its crianza in noble wood (vanilla, truffle, toasted aroma). Flavourful to the palate with a velvety, silky, long and persistent aftertaste. A highly expressive and aromatically complex wine.

Price: 8,75 €

Soft spicy red crammed with ripe cassis and plum fruit. Well balanced, juicy and approachable with just a little seasoning of oak to add a little creaminess to the palate.

Aged 3 months in new french oak barrels.

GOLD BACCUS 2004

Price: 14,50 €

Castillo Monjardín - Crianza 2002 Navarra D.O.

The grapes come from the vineyards “La Grande”, “Carasoles” y “Cañas”. This area is ideal to grow red grapes; the soils are a compound of limestone and clay. The traditional treatment that this wine has undergone has been minimal, so as to preserve all the original qualities of this noble grape variety. The wines matured in barrels of French and American oak for 12 months. Cabernet provides structure; Merlot brings a velvet smoothness and Tempranillo a unique personality. Bright ruby red. A generous and distinctive bouquet. Redcurrant, raspberry, vanilla on the nose, with a subtle touch of quality oak. In the mouth it offers structure of firm but ripe tannins to support its deep, richly textured fruit.

 Price: 5,50 €

GinéGiné, 2004 - Priorato D.O.

This great wine from Priorat is elaborated on Garnacha and Cariñena grapes from old vineyards. The varieties are separately fermented. With a long maceration, at a temperature of 26ºC to 28ºC, followed by the malic-lactic fermentation.  An Intense ruby colour, clear and bright, dry red wine, with the ripe grape bouquet typical of the Priorat grenache and carignan varieties.

Price: 9,75 €

Arrocal 2004 - Ribera del Duero D.O.

This excellent Arrocal is a deep ruby/purple tinged effort boasting a sweet nose of plums, black cherries and currants, a medium to full-bodied, silky smooth style, and a hint of barrique. Lusciously fruity, opulent and hedonistically satisfying. Very fruit-driven.

ROBERT PARKER RATED 90 POINTS

Price: 6,00 €

A profound, dense ruby/purple colored effort; it demonstrates what old vines, low yields, and impeccable winemaking can achieve in a favoured terrain. A cascade of blackberry, cassis, smoke, roasted coffee, and hints of liquorice and new saddle leather. Beautifully textured and ripe. It is a wine of tremendous uplift, nuances, concentration, and tannin.

ROBERT PARKER RATED 88 POINTS

Price: 13,00 €

Neo 2003 - Ribera del Duero D.O.

Neo spent 15 months in new French oak and one year in old American barrels. Its opaque purple colour is followed by sensual aromas of espresso roast, white chocolate, crème de cassis, graphite and tobacco. Dense, full-bodied, and layered with superb concentration, terrific purity and a long opulent finish.

ROBERT PARKER RATED 93 POINTS

Price: 23,00 €

Price: 3,50 €

Price: 4,75 €

Its colour varies from cherry to ruby. It offers an intense and elegant aroma.

Gives full and robust taste with a velvet touch.

Price: 3,00 €

Zuazo Gastón, Joven - Rioja D.O.

Garnet in colour, with purple tones, shining and having great sparkle. Varietal fruit and liquorice aromas that become more intense when the wine is left to rest in the glass. It has a fresh and lively approach in the mouth, which is accompanied by quite  a powerful and rather unusual tannic structure. As a whole, it provides us with a robust, balanced, long-lasting and tasty wine.

Price: 3,25 €

Zuazo Gastón, Selección - Rioja D.O.

It is a wine that perfectly blends fruity aromas (forest fruits, bilberries) and varietals ones (liquorice), with a subtle hint of wood that helps to endow it with a very suggestive aromatic complexity. It the mouth, it comes across as being very well structured that turns into something softer, leaving a lasting delicate aftertaste. Owing to its characteristics, its fine body and complexity, it will even mature positively in the bottle, surely furnishing us with some pleasant surprises.

Price: 4,25 €

Zuazo Gastón, Crianza 2002 - Rioja D.O.

It has a shiny garnet colour that is very intense with a slight basswood nuance around the edge. It has aromas of maturing, oak and vanilla, but it preserves memories of liquorice varietals and sugar-coated fruit. Complex and elegant in the mouth. Balanced, without edges. It is a wine with body, fleshy and exuding charm. It has an intense and long-lasting aftertaste.

Price: 5,50 €

Zuazo Gastón, Reserva 2001 - Rioja D.O.

Cherry red, with flashes of garnet and ruby. Soft bodied and coloured, this is a subtle, elegant wine with a velvety structure. Round and balanced in flavour, with a persistent, full, but balanced finish.

Price: 10,50 €

Finca Costanillas - Rioja D.O.

A intense cherry colour, with a light garnet edge. Powerful fruity aroma (red fruit) with certain agreeable sweetness. Long body and good tannin with fresh acidity.

Price: 14,50 €

L´Avi Arrufi - Terra Alta D.O.

L´avi Arrudi is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache, Merlot, Syrah and Tempranillo. A fragrant perfume of white flowers, figs, pluns, mocha and black currants soars from the glass of this ripe, rich, medium to full-bodied wine with beautiful integration of wood, acidity alcohol. Enjoy it over the next 7-8 years.

- ROBERT PARKER RATED 92 POINTS

- EL PAIS SITUATES BETWEEEN THE 15 BEST SPANISH WINES

- THE  PEÑIN GUIDE RATES 92 PTS.

- THE CAMPSA GUIDE RATES 91 PTS.

Price: 14,50 €

Raig de Raim - Terra Alta D.O.

Raig de Raim, a tank-fermented and oak-aged for three months. Bottled unfined and unfiltered, it exhibits a deep ruby/purple color along with a gorgeously nose of  kirsch liqueur, licorice, and pepper. Richly fruity, spicy, opulent, and pure, it is an unbelievable value. Consume it over the next several years.

Price: 4,75 €

Portal, Semi Crianza - Terra Alta D.O.

A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Garnacha, Tempranillo, Merlot and Syrah, matured for 12 months in American and French oak, and bottled unfiltered, it is a dense, opulent, amazingly concentrated effort with loads of black cherry and cassis fruit intermixed with hints of earth, truffles, smoke, and spice. Displaying beautiful density, balance, and purity, with no hard edges, this lush Crianza can be enjoyed over the next 2­-3 years.

Price: 7,50 €

Sacra Natura-Organic Wine - Terra Alta D.O.

The 2005 Sacra Natura is 100% organic and has a deep ruby colour, pungent, floral aromas of liquorice and blackcurrant aromas tinged by dried violet and mint. Deeply concentrated, chewy and focused, with blackcurrant fruit nicely framed by supple tannins and accented by tobacco and black cardamom. Finishes spicy, sweet and long, with a note of graphite and terrific lift from vibrant acids. the wine was aged for 6 months in new American, French and Hungarian oak barrels.

ROBERT PARKER RATED THE 2004 -90 POINTS.

Price: 9,75 €

Ruby red colour with violet rims in thin layer. The Aroma is limpid and fresh where the typical fruit aromas of this variety are merging with aging hints of new wood. The palate offers a good backbone and is persistent, displaying hints of barrel´s roasting and fruit in retronasal passage.

Special mention in The International Wine Challenge

Price: 3,75 €

Fermentation is traditionally carried out in stainless steel vats with 100% de-stemmed grape. Three times a day it is pumped over at a controlled temperature of 28-30 °C during 12-15 days. Subsequently, the wine is run-off and left to settling before barrels are filled. Ages between 8 and 12 months in American and French oak barrels.

Price: 5,75 €

Torre de Barreda - Vinos de la Tierra de Castilla La Mancha

The wine is pumped-over 8 times a day during 16 days at a fermentation controlled temperature of 28 °C. Subsequently, the wine is run-off and left to settle in concrete deposits before barrels are filled.  Aged for 3 months in semi- new American oak barrels and ages another 3 months in the bottle before it is launched on the market. 

Fat and sumptuous with loads of chocolaty black fruits. Still masses of ripe tannin, with truly wonderful cedary sweet oak and an excellent finish.

Price: 4,50 €

Torre de Barreda, Selección - Vinos de la Tierra de Castilla La Mancha

Attractive dark colour with cherry tones of good intensity. Clean and with nice tones of root tile and brilliant hues of tobacco. Aromas of well-ripened black fruits, of good intensity, and well covered with overtones of spiced leathers of good ageing, over echoes of cedar and cocoa. In the mouth it presents itself very powerful, balanced, with a good acidity and noble tannins, tasty, meaty and full. A rounded, ample a long aftertaste.

Price: 5,00 €

Torre de Barreda, Amigos - Vinos de la Tierra de Castilla La Mancha

Deeply dressed in dark red cherry, with a good cloaking, clean and brilliant with reflections of medium evolution which recall roof tile. Aromas of ageing with a predominance of new wood over and elegant and perfumed base of spices and mature black fruits, well mixed with balsamic traces. In the mouth it is lively, with a well integrated, magnificent acidity and a passage that is dense, full, silky and oily, with an ample ending, profound in tastes and well structured. Long is its retronasal effect.

Price: 8,50 €