$60
SPAIN : RIOJA : RIOJA ALTA
75% Tempranillo, 15% Garnacha, 10% Graciano & Mazuelo
MED-FULL-BODIED, ELEGANT, SAVORY, DRIED FRUIT, SPICE, LEATHER, WOOD VARNISH, OAK
This has the nose of potpourri, perfumed with dried fruit (cherris, plum), flowers, and rosemary. On the palate there is some saddle leather, dill, and more dried flowers, with a wonderful lingering finish.
Drink now or hold for another few years.
FARMING: Organic
PAIRING: Braised Beef with Mushrooms
$13
SPAIN : RIOJA
Tempranillo
MEDIUM BODIED, RED FRUIT, VANILLA, OAK PRESENT, ROBUST AND AROMATIC
$15
SPAIN : CASTILLA Y LEON
Tempranillo
Medium Bodied, fresh, Red fruit, easy, supple, herbs, no oak
FARMING: Organic
$256
2011 & 2012 VINTAGE AVAILABLE - PLEASE INQUIRE FOR SPECIFIC VINTAGE.
$35
SPAIN: Castilla y Léon : Ribera Del Duero
Tempranillo
FULL-BODIED, RASPBERRY, PLUM, BALSAMIC, LICORICE, BRIOCHE, OAK
Firm and focused, yet fresh, this complex and serious wine comes from the Fernández Rivera family, who are pioneers in the iconic D.O. Ribera del Duero and focus exclusively on creating aged Tempranillo wines of exceptional quality from their estate-owned vineyards. Aged 14 months in American oak and six months in bottle. Drink now!
FARMING: Conventional
PAIRING: Spanish Tomato Bread with Jamón Ibérico
$24
SPAIN : RIOJA
Tempranillo (86%), Graciano (8%), Mazuela (4%), Garnacha (2%)
MED-FULL-BODIED, BLACK CHERRY, CASSIS, RASPBERRY, SWEET SPICE, HERBS, EARTH, OAK
Traditionally styled Rioja from the Pérez-Villota family's 100ha estate in DOCa Rioja Alavesa (just 50 miles south of the vineyards in Basque Country, this is the smallest and northernmost sub-region of Rioja) ... 'Selvanevada' is elegant and balanced, with complex aromatics and a lively and colorful but clean palate of dark berry fruit, sweet spice (nutmeg, cinnamon), dried herbs, subtle oak, and dense, dusty tannins.
FARMING : Conventional (traditional but "respectful") : dry-farmed bush farms are cultivated manually without the use systemic pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or fertilizer
PAIRING : Fabada Asturiana (Spanish Pork & Bean Stew)