£55.00 Single Bottle or £49.50 Any 6 Mix
75cl ABV: 14.5%
This superb wine has rich dark purple hues with exquisite aromas of raspberry, cassis and cedar wood. The palate has notes of red fruits with dense, smooth tannins and a beautiful lingering finish. Pair this with fattier steaks like ribeye and sirloin, or try it with roast lamb.
Only the very finest of grapes go into the wine - bunches being handpicked in the vineyard, leaving all the sunburnt berries on the vine. Once de-stemmed, a second hand sorting selection was made. The wine was lightly pressed and matured for 18 months in French oak barrels. Twenty percent went into 1st fill oak and the rest into 2nd and 3rd fill.
The 2017 vintage is the winner of many high profile accolades including the prestigious Decanter World Wine Awards Platinum medal, where it scored 97 pts.
Señorío de La Eralta Gran Reserva 2016, Rioja
£15.50 Single Bottle or £13.95 Any 6 Mix
75cl ABV: 13.5%
This was scored as one of the top 100 wines in the recent "Best of Spain" tasting. It is cherry red and bright in colour with hues of ochre. The prominent aromas are of ripe blackberries and black pepper spice.
As a Gran Reserva wine this has spent two years in a combination of American and French oak barrels and a further three years in bottle. This has produced a wine which is unctuous, full and nicely complex. The palate is rounded and velvety with elegant tannins with a long finish. This is a wine which will repay you if you give it time to breathe before drinking.
It is rare to find such a great value Gran Reserva Rioja.
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