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Hidalgo La Gitana Fino Clásica
Spanish Fortified
$37.99
Straw-yellow in colour, this fortified wine is dry, crisp, delicate and balanced. It matures beneath a veil of flor and carries fifteen percent alcohol. Made from Palomino in Jerez, it has aromas linked to flor and a spicy, persistent palate. The style is served slightly chilled and suits tapas, cured ham, fish, seafood, mild cheese and nuts.
Muga 2022 Rosado
Spanish Rosé
$31.99
Pale rose-pink colour accompanies peach, strawberry and white blossom. The palate has integrated acidity, volume and balanced fruit, followed by a very long finish and an aftertaste of stone fruit and citrus. Garnacha and Viura come from calcareous-clay and ferrous-clay soils. After five hours of light press maceration, fermentation lasts fifteen to twenty days, followed by sixteen weeks on fine lees.
Las Hermanas 2018 Crianza
Spanish Red
$31.99
Red and black fruit aromas appear with balsamic notes and Mediterranean herbs. The palate is delicate and elegant, with spicy flavours, cinnamon and vanilla. This red wine comes from Murcia and carries 14.5 percent alcohol. The blend combines Monastrell and Cabernet Sauvignon. Maturation includes at least twelve months in oak and then at least twelve months in stainless steel.
Telmo Rodríguez 2019 Gaba do Xil Mencía
Spanish Red
$36.99
Red fruit appears with floral notes, herbs and sweet spice. Fine-grained tannins and acidity accompany depth, persistence and fluidity. Forest floor, bay leaf and nettle add further herbal character, while earth and cherry appear on the finish. The wine remained completely unoaked before bottling. It comes from Valdeorras and uses Mencía as its stated grape.
Aroa 2020 Le Naturel Blanco Navarra
Spanish White
$33.99
Intense straw-yellow colour with green and light golden hues accompanies tropical fruit, ripe pip fruit, citrus, mineral notes and white flowers. The palate combines persistent acidity, creaminess, a sweet background, light bitterness and a persistent finish. Garnacha Blanca and other varieties are grown organically on calcareous clay soils. The grapes are hand-harvested, pressed gently and fermented with natural yeasts below 16 degrees Celsius. Alcohol is 13.5 percent.
Barbadillo 2022 Sábalo Organic Palomino
Spanish White
$33.99
Pale straw in colour, the wine shows mature apple. The palate is full and silky, with a dry profile, soft mineral character and chalk. Palomino comes from organically farmed vineyards, including Balbaína and Burujena. Fermentation takes place in water-cooled stainless steel. Residual sugar is below two grams per litre, alcohol is 13.5 percent, and the wine is organic.
Viña Pomal 2021 Rioja Crianza
Spanish Red
$32.99
Black fruit, flowers, liquorice, vanilla and toasted notes appear with cherry-red colour and violet highlights. The palate is soft, balanced and fresh, with good structure and soft tannins. Tempranillo is the named variety. After destemming and crushing, fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel, followed by two weeks of maceration and twelve months in American oak barrels.
Bodegas Portia 2024 Verdejo Sobre Lías
Spanish White
$32.99
Boxwood, coriander and tomato leaf meet tropical fruit and lime in this Rueda white, with fennel, pear, mineral and almond notes also present. Fresh acidity accompanies a creamy, smooth mid-palate and a dry, pithy finish. Verdejo is harvested at night, cold-macerated before pressing and fermented at low temperature in stainless steel on its own lees.
Envínate 2020 Albahra
Spanish Red
$39.99
Light red colour accompanies fresh red fruit, a fresh opening, a light-footed palate and a distinctly spiced character. The blend is seventy percent Garnacha Tintorera and thirty percent Moravia Agria. The former comes from clay-limestone soil; the latter grows in clay-limestone with sandy topsoil. Both components mature for eight months, in concrete or older French barriques, before blending.
Parés Baltà Cava Brut B Organic NV
Spanish Sparkling
$34.99
Pear, apple and toast appear in a pale-yellow sparkling wine with a fresh, lively fruit profile. The texture is light and soft, and the finish is pleasant. Macabeo, Xarel·lo and Parellada form the blend. The wine is certified organic, biodynamic and vegan-friendly. Its fruit comes from high-altitude vineyards in Pontons, and the cuvée undergoes a second fermentation in bottle.
Can Leandro 2023 La Lloma
Spanish Red
$37.99
Monastrell and Bonicaire come from vines between fifty and seventy years old. Bonicaire is partly fermented with stems in clay amphora, while Monastrell goes into five-hundred-litre oak. Maturation lasts about six months. Red fruit, fruit compote, floral and balsamic notes accompany a light profile with a long, fruity finish; black fruit, sweet spice and a mineral note are also present.
Lustau Don Nuño Dry Oloroso Solera Reserva 375 mL
Spanish Fortified
$33.99
Bronze-amber colour with gold glints accompanies walnut, tobacco, sultana and leather. The palate is dry, full and rounded, with raisin, dark chocolate and spice. A long dry finish includes sultana, nutty tobacco leaf and spice. This Oloroso undergoes oxidative ageing for twelve years at Bodega La Campana in Jerez de la Frontera. Alcohol is twenty percent.
Bodegas Hidalgo Heredad Hidalgo Medium Amontillado
Spanish Fortified
$36.99
Full amber colour accompanies a medium-sweet style with complex, nutty character and a long palate. Palomino Fino is the grape. The family entered sherry production in 1792 in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, and the business has remained in family hands through six generations. Its vineyard holdings cover more than two hundred hectares, including some vines up to eighty years old.
Bodegas Nabal 2022 Valle de Nabal Ribera del Duero
Spanish Red
$34.99
Clove, desert scrub and a spicy balsamic note accompany cassis, red plum, mulberry, vanilla, leather and tobacco. The palate is rich, with a smooth texture. Tempranillo comes from forty- to fifty-year-old bush vines on calcareous clay at 850 metres. Wild fermentation takes place in stainless steel, followed by natural malolactic fermentation. The wine then spends nine months in new French and American oak.
Bernabeleva 2025 Navaherreros Garnacha
Spanish Red
$43.99
Strawberry, raspberry, violet, white pepper, herbs and balsamic notes appear with earthy, mineral and iron tones. The wine is made entirely from Garnacha grown on granite in vineyards between fifty and ninety years old. Grapes were harvested by hand, and fermentation took place with native yeasts in wood and concrete, with more than thirty-five days on skins. Ageing included eleven months in French oak and six months in stainless steel.
El Pacto 2021 Rioja
Spanish Red
$42.99
Forest fruits, liquorice, undergrowth, spice and chocolate shape the profile. The palate is full and balanced while remaining fine and fresh; fruit and barrel notes return in the aftertaste. Tempranillo comes from organic vineyards more than seventy years old in Rioja’s Sonsierra. Fermentation was spontaneous with native yeasts, followed by two weeks of maceration and fourteen months in French, Eastern European and American oak.
Matsu 2023 El Recio Tempranillo
Spanish Red
$47.99
Ripe cherry-red in colour, with black fruit, spice, vanilla, clove, liquorice, pepper, cocoa and toast. The palate is juicy and fleshy, with abundant fruit and a persistent finish recalling macerated fruit. Tinta de Toro was hand-harvested from a low-yield vineyard planted in the early twentieth century. Fermentation took place in concrete, followed by fifteen months in French oak, without filtration or clarification.
Callejuela Manzanilla en Rama
Spanish Fortified
$36.99
Completely unfiltered, this manzanilla is energetic and savoury, with garlic, scallion, aged sheep’s cheese, brine, mushroom, fresh tobacco, straw, earth and chalk. Palomino comes from the Macharnudo, Añina and Callejuela vineyards on albariza soils. The wine ferments in stainless steel, is fortified to fifteen percent and enters a solera system. It is drawn from the ninth criadera.
Alvear Amontillado Montilla-Moriles
Spanish Fortified
$36.99
Dry and light-bodied, this Amontillado combines toffee, butter pecan and apricot with burnt banana, spice and almond paste. A mild mushroom note and dried-fruit character add savoury depth, while the finish is nutty. Made from Pedro Ximénez, the wine spends about eight years in a solera system. It comes from Montilla-Moriles and is bottled at seventeen percent alcohol.
Cuevas de Arom 2020 Altas Parcelas Garnacha
Spanish Red
$36.99
Pure Garnacha comes from old, head-pruned vines planted between 700 and 850 metres on slate, quartzite, sand, limestone and clay. At least half the fruit is retained as whole clusters and fermented with natural yeast in concrete. Ten months of ageing also takes place in concrete. The profile is fruit-driven and juicy, with fine tannins and fresh, fluid character.
Enate 2020 Crianza Tempranillo Cabernet Sauvignon
Spanish Red
$37.99
The colour is dark Bordeaux red with bluish reflections. Tempranillo forms seventy percent of the blend, with thirty percent Cabernet Sauvignon. Red fruit, spice and smoke accompany coffee, chocolate, mineral and caramel notes. The wine spent nine months in oak. Its structure is smooth and fleshy, with balanced tannins. A long finish includes fine toasted notes. The wine comes from Somontano in Aragón.
Esencia Rural 2019 Pampaneo Ancestral
Spanish Sparkling
$41.99
Airén is finished in bottle by the ancestral method, creating fine, playful bubbles. Pineapple, pear and sweetgrass join fresh-fruit and herbal notes. The profile is fresh, fruity, crisp and light, with volatile acidity adding further freshness. The wine contains eleven percent alcohol. The release is identified as an organic and biodynamically farmed sparkling wine from La Mancha.
Primitivo Collantes Fino Ceballos NV
Spanish Fortified
$37.99
Palomino Fino from the Pozo Galván vineyard grows on luminous albariza soils and rests for three years under flor. Olive brine, fresh meadow grass, green herbs and Marcona almonds meet a saline finish. The family’s vineyards also include Matalián and El Inglés around Chiclana de la Frontera. This dry Fino can accompany simply prepared seafood, cured ham or roast pork.
Bardos 2023 Viñedos de Altura Ribera del Duero
Spanish Red
$37.99
Tinta Fina forms most of the blend, with scattered Albillo Mayor and Garnacha Tinta vines. The vineyards lie above 950 metres around Alcubilla and Villálvaro in Soria, on sandy soil and fine gravel over iron-rich clay. The grapes are picked by hand. Fermentation and gentle maceration last two weeks, malolactic fermentation takes place in stainless steel, and ageing lasts twelve months in oak vessels of several sizes.
Petit Vega 2020 8 Meses Ribera del Duero
Spanish Red
$38.99
Dark cherry colour introduces blackberry, liquorice, spice and toast. The palate is full and structured, with soft tannins and a persistent finish. Tempranillo is hand harvested from roughly thirty-year-old vines at about 900 metres. Fermentation uses large oak vats, stainless steel and concrete, followed by eight months in French and American oak. The dry wine carries 14 percent alcohol.
Parés Baltà 2023 Materia Prima Orange Penedès
Spanish White
$39.99
Xarel-lo is fermented with about ten percent Gewürztraminer skins. Wild-yeast fermentation takes place in stainless steel, with twice-daily punch-downs and one month of skin contact. The wine receives very little filtration and may show haze or sediment. Mandarin, pomelo, pear, white flowers, spice and pepper accompany a medium body, a sleek mid-palate and a lively finish. The release is classified Organic, Biodynamic, Vegan and Natural.
Clot de les Soleres 2016 Macabeu
Spanish White
$38.99
Macabeu forms this natural white from Penedès. The cellar uses no added sulphites, artificial yeasts or enzymes, and the wine is neither stabilised nor filtered. Maturation lasts five months on fine lees in tank. The Macabeu vines cover seven and a half hectares on dry-farmed land between 290 and 325 metres above sea level, with an average yield of 4,500 kilograms per hectare.
Carlania Celler 2018 El Petit Carlania
Spanish Red
$41.99
This light, fluid Trepat red comes from Conca de Barbera and organically and biodynamically farmed fruit. The wine is unsulphured and presented as natural. Pomegranate colour accompanies floral and fruity aromas, spice and blueberry. The palate is fresh, fruity and spicy, with a dry finish. The vines grow above four hundred metres and are more than fifty years old.
Esencia Rural 2017 De Sol a Sol Velasco
Spanish Red
$39.99
Juicy red fruit, herbal notes and spice meet a deep, fresh and savoury palate. Marked acidity and integrated tannins accompany a long, slightly balsamic finish. The wine is made from Tinto Velasco grown near Quero in La Mancha. The vineyard covers less than one hectare and contains vines about 150 years old on sandy, calcareous soils. Grapes are hand harvested and fermented with native yeasts.
Adegas Terrae 2022 Deseu Treixadura Ribeiro
Spanish White
$39.99
Floral notes are joined by marmalade, honey and mature white fruit. The palate is broad, persistent and fresh, with the aromatic elements also present in the mouth. The wine is made entirely from Treixadura grown on the granitic soils known locally as sabrego in Ribeiro. It comes from Galicia in northwestern Spain and contains thirteen percent alcohol. Jasmine, white pepper and lychee are also present.