Spain

Spain. Inspired by Spain's largely untapped fine wine resources, friends, colleagues and Masters of Wine, Fergal Tynan and Giles Cooke set off on a journey to find the unsung heroes of Spain, be they regions, growers or winemakers...

Montilla-Moriles, Spain. Toro Albalá reserve select lots of their best vintage wines for later release under the Gran Reserva label. These rich and complex Pedro Ximénez wines are destined for a very long ageing in oak barrels. After filling and sealing, these barrels are left for decades in their single-vintage state. It's during this slow maturation that the wines undertake their delicious, savoury, rancio transformation...

Bierzo, Spain. Two plots of 80+ year old vines are the source for the fruit for ROC. Super fine and loaded with minerality again and the potential to age gracefully for many years. We tasted the 11 vintage on our recent visit and it was mighty impressive. Veronica feels the 13 will mature in the same way. This is Bierzo for those who appreciate the class and elegance. This wine doesn’t see any new oak and is only matured in old wood (fourth and fifth use)...

Somontano, Spain.  The wine displays violet hues that bring to mind the harvest, grapes and youthfulness. Reminders of the harvest and of must fermenting in the tank come through again on the nose along with ripe red and black fruits and very fresh, clean aromas too. The fruit flavours are abundantly present on the palate. This is an easy-drinking, very rounded wine...

Sierra de Gredos, Spain. This Garnacha from the town of Cadalso de los Vidrios in the Sierra de Gredos shows intense aromas of red berries. With medium body, great freshness, thanks to the high acidity developed in the high-altitude vineyards and firm tannins that contribute to its long finish. An elegant, highly drinkable wine...

Sierra de Gredos, Spain. Vino de Montaña (Mountain Wine) is a blend of mostly Garnacha blended with some local varieties of Rufete and Piñuela from high-altitude vineyards in the Sierra de Gredos Mountains...