Deep purple. Scent of cooked black fruit and spice. This is a vigorous, powerful wine, all briary and damson fruit, slightly bittersweet, just smoothed by the moderate oak influence, and offering bags of personality. Would be great with game or grilled lamb. Now-2013

Product Code: QUR108

Bodegas Torreduero, a small and neat modern winery in the town of Toro, is part of the larger Bodegas Riojanas group, and winemaking here is overseen by Felipe Nalda. Toro is increasingly viewed as a good-value alternative to Rioja for its Tempranillo-based wines - in this region the local variant of Tempranillo is called “Tinto de Toro”. This is given just three months in barrel to round out the hearty fruit.