Spain

Adelaide Hills, South Australia.  Nose: Rhubarb, spice, blueberry, nettle and tomato bush. Palate: Clean, precise, fruit-driven, elegant and medium bodied...

Ribera del Duero, Spain.  The ultimate tapas companion, this brilliant cherry coloured red is the perfect balance of fruit and oak. The fleshy strawberry and wild berry perfume lures you into this full-bodied wine decorated in subtle hints of toasty oak. It has a superbly complex structure and a lasting finish. Drink it while it’s young and fresh, alongside an assortment of tapas including jamon, grilled peppers or asparagus omelette...

Jumilla, Spain.  Intense dark cherry red in color, with an expressive nose of blueberry, black cherry and cedar wood with nicely incorporated notes of rose petals, liquorice and toasted oak. Layered and ripe on the palate with firm tannins. This is a tasty, fruit forward effort that will deliver plenty of pleasure...

Rias Baixas, Spain. Lusco presents a bright pale yellow colour. A powerful nose with aromas of fresh herbs, tropical fruits and floral tones. Shows an extremely dry palate with citric notes of grapefruit and pineapple giving great liveliness. Full, smooth and round palate...

Valencia, Spain. 100% Tempranillo from 30+ year old vines. Handpicked, fermented in stainless steel, partially aged in French oak. Medium dry and medium bodied. Cherries and spice...

Viñaspre, Rioja, Spain. Average age of the vines is 40 years and yielding at an incredibly low 25hl/ha. The six weeks of maceration is carried out in concrete tanks for a long and gentle extraction of tannins. The ageing is done in oak barrels according to the vintage and it can last up to 18 months. No yeast addition, no filtration, a slight dose of SO2 to protect the wine during ageing.

Rias Baixas. Serra da Estrela is produced from a careful selection of Albariño grapes. The grapes are then destemmed and cold macerated for 6 to 8 hours. The juice is then pressed and fermented in a stainless steel under an automatic temperature control...

Vino de la Tierra de Castilla, Spain. This blend is predominately Tempranillo and Syrah but also includes a small proportion of a number of others. A wonderful, vibrant deep purple colour with rich, ripe spicy and brambly fruit, rounded tannins and a lively finish...

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...