Spain

A selection of the very best Tempranillo from 30 year old vines, aged in cask for 15 months. In the refined elegant style of Urbina, fragrant Tempranillo cherry and spice fruit on the nose and palate.

A favourite of ours from Bodegas Urbina this Reserva Especial 2001 is made from grapes harvested from vines over 20 years old. The wine spends 2 years maturing in French and American oak with a further 2 years in bottle before release. The additional years of bottle age has made it a truly stunning wine.

Urbina Gran Reserva is a fine, mature, deep red coloured wine from Bodegas Urbina. The grapes come from the best vines of over 20 years old. The wine is rested for 2 years in oak then left to mature in bottle for a further 4 years. The Urbina Gran Reserva is made up of 90% Tempranillo, 5% Graciano and 5% Mazuelo.

This wine has complex and savoury flavours, and his wines age beautifully. Silky and elegant, with enticing flavours of tobacco and leather.

From the hot Rioja Baja but at 700m altitude, a blend of Tempranillo and Graciano with 24 months in wood. A rich, muscular wine with deep, satisfying fruit.

A fantastic Rioja Gran Reserva from Bodegas Ontanon with 95% Tempranillo and 5% Graciano aged for 3 years in oak and a further 2 years in bottle this wine drinks now but will benefit from cellaring for several more years.

Delicious berry flavours are complemented by dark chocolate notes, produced during the 24 months this excellent example of a Rioja spends in barrel.

Made from 100% old vine Tempranillo from the high altitude Rioja Alavesa creating a wine with style and finesse. A deep plum and black fruit palate, accompanied by toasty oak and a black cherry, clove and cinnamon bouquet. A wine with great aging potential.

Bodegas Urbina is located in Cuzcorrita de Rio Tiron, an area of Rioja Alta known for its long lived wines. 95% Tempranillo with Graciano and Mazuelo with 12 months in oak and 6 months in bottle. A really classic Crianza with many layers of fine, aromatic fruit.

This is 100% Tempranillo, from 50 year old vines. Sourced from a single vineyard with 13 months in oak and 16 months in bottle. A superb wine with a wonderful aromatic nose with a palate of many layers of soft, succulent fruit. Really delicious.