The 2011 Castillo de Viñas Gran Reserva is richly fragrant with black cherry and raspberry scents and soft notes of vanilla, smoke and damp soil. The palate is silky, structured and refined with flavors of bright cherry and mixed berry and complex touches of violets,...
Wine & Spirits magazine published its round up of the year’s best wines from Rioja in the December, 2018 issue. The 2011 Castillo de Viñas Gran Reserva Rioja was rated 93 points and named a “Best Buy”. It was among the top 10 rated wines of the...
Both Castillo de Viñas and Terroirs of Spain wowed the critics at JamesSuckling.com in their first assessments. Nine out of the 12 wines reviewed received 90 point scores or better: Castillo de Vinas with three out of four, and Terroirs of Spain with six out of eight....
Garnacha is one of Spain’s most popular grapes due to its juicy red fruit flavors. This Garnacha is from the lower hills of the Pyrenees Mountains in Navarra, a region long acclaimed for its outstanding dry rosé wines. The vines are planted in stoney,...
The Terroirs of Alodio Ribeira Sacra Mencía 2017 is a distinctive, Mencía-based red. It features small amounts of the grapes Brancellao, which adds bergamot and orange peel nuances,and Merenzao, which adds forest floor and porcini mushroom notes. The grapes are...
