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Product Code: BOR310
Bodegas Borsao, Garnacha, Joven, Campo de Borja, 2010
“Borsao, based in Campo de Borja in the upper Ebro Valley, specialise in Grenache based wines. This offers such simple pleasure at a fair price.”
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Product Code: HON110
Honoro Vera, Jumilla, 2010
“A new vintage of this organically farmed wine, this smells black-fruited and bittersweet - and is consistent, with a rich, surprisingly concentrated...”
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Product Code: VEG209
Vega del Rayo, Rioja, Vendimia Seleccionada, 2009
“Open, pleasing scent of ripe red berries. Clean, raspberry, red and black cherry character, with just a subtle note of sweet oak. Well-balanced,...”
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Product Code: QUR109
Bodegas Torreduero, Quinta el Refugio, Toro, 2009
“Deep purple. Scent of cooked black fruit and spice. This is a vigorous, powerful wine, all briary and damson fruit, slightly bittersweet, just...”
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Product Code: LAH210
El Lagar de Isilla, Ribera Del Duero, Joven, 2010
“100% Tempranillo, unoaked. Vivid purple. Ripe and juicy fruit, summer-puddingy in character. Would be perfect with coarse sausages. Lively wine....”
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Product Code: ELM109
Celler El Masroig, Montsant, Solà Fred, 2009
“90% Carignan (with 10% Grenache), and this shows so clearly the flagrant wildness and charm of the grape. Scent of blueberries and sour cherries....”
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Product Code: LAR609
Lar de Paula, Rioja Blanco, 2009
“Open scents, honeyed and mealy. Very ripe fruit, apricots and sweet pears, with nutty and herbal accents. Generous flavour - sunny. Now-2012”
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Product Code: FER2NV
Fernando de Castilla, Classic Dry Manzanilla, Sherry
“Though fortified, this pale, dry wine has hardly more alcohol than a New World Chardonnay. It is definitely more versatile, whether as an aperitif or...”
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Product Code: LAH109
El Lagar de Isilla, Ribera Del Duero, Roble, 2009
“95% Tempranillo with 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, given just five months in French and American oak: open, lifted scents of hedgerow fruit - blackberries...”
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Product Code: CIE107
Cien y Pico, Manchuela, Tintorera, Doble Pasta, 2007
“Black purple. Berried scents, little preparing one for the depth of old-vine red and black fruit, melting, jellied and spiced with ginger and...”
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Product Code: LAR207
Lar de Paula, Rioja Crianza, 2007
“Aged in French and American oak barrels. Soft tone. Very supple, fleshy example. Ripe berries and black cherries to the fore, with an attractive note...”
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Product Code: BNS111
Benito Santos, Albariño, Igrexario de Saiar, Rías Baixas, 2011
“Albariño, from vineyards in cool and moist Galicia, makes a superb apéritif wine, but is also excellent with light seafood such as scallops or...”
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Product Code: RIO104
Bodegas Riojanas, Monte Real Rioja Reserva, 2004
“Deep ruby. Richly developed nose, showing leather, beef extract, mushrooms and nutmeg. Mature, comforting example with mellow depths of soft red...”
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Product Code: LUS2NV
Lustau, Dry Oloroso Don Nuño, Sherry
“Deeply coloured and from a much older solera than the fino. Spicy, raisiny nose. Bone dry palate of baked prune and damson. Supple yet lengthy...”
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Product Code: LAR305
Lar de Paula, Rioja, Vendimia Seleccionada, 2005
“A stand-out at our tasting - a selection based on older vines. Soft purple hue, just showing a hint of age. Enticing aromas of cooked fruit, vanilla...”
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Product Code: ALB106
Bodegas Toro Albala, Don PX, Pedro Ximenez, Half, 2006
“Vivid pale gold. With a nose of honey-soaked raisins, this has the texture of honey. It is luscious, concentrated and so long.”
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Product Code: LAH407
El Lagar de Isilla, Ribera Del Duero, Crianza, 2007
“2007 was a top vintage in Ribera del Duero, giving powerful, long-lasting wines. At El Lagar de Isilla the Crianza is 100% Tempranillo from 40-70...”
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Product Code: LAR405
Lar de Paula, Rioja Reserva, 2005
“Purple, fading to soft purple rim. Brambly fruit and spice aromas. Initially displaying youthful black cherries, blackcurrants and mulberries, still...”
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Product Code: CIE307
Cien y Pico, Manchuela, Tintorera, Knights Errant, 2007
“Opaque, near black. Cassis and brooding oak aromas. Surprisingly lively attack - juicy, bittersweet, blackcurrant and raspberry. Very concentrated...”
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Product Code: LUS3NV
Lustau, East India, Solera Reserva, Sherry
“10-15% of sun-dried Pedro Ximenez grapes are added to give this a real sweet dose. Luscious, intense dates and prunes on the palate, yet finishes...”
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Product Code: FER5NV
Fernando de Castilla, Pedro Ximenez, Sherry
“Brown, mellow tone. Enticingly fresh scent of figs and toffee. So pure - essence of dried fruits - and refined; so not too treacly. Too good to pour...”
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Product Code: LAH307
El Lagar de Isilla, Ribera Del Duero, Reserva, 2007
“This gained a 4-star "highly recommended" rating at a Decanter panel tasting of 2007 Ribera del Dueros. The note from the December 2011...”
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Product Code: LAR505
Lar de Paula, Rioja, Cepas Viejas, 2005
“A remarkable wine, from vines around fifty years old at around 650 metres: no surprise that this won no less than three trophies at last year’s...”