Shop for wines by Country: Spain

Aragon

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  Tres Ojos Garnacha 2004 NZD $17.95 NZD $16.95 Out of stock
  From one of the sexiest new areas in Spain, situated in Aragén, Garnacha or what the French call "Grenache" is a Spanish native grape that is widely planted across many regions. This is a modern style which offers incredibly good value for money. The wine has a brick red colour with a bouquet of leather, spice and pepper. The palate is incredibly concentrated and rich which goes on and on. Relatively young at the moment but will also cellar for another 4-5 years. The modern styles of Garnacha in Spain are continuously being perceived worldwide as wines of extraordinarily good quality. When you try this, you will know exactly what we mean, enormous depth, vibrancy, ripe tannins, length but yet with wonderful elegance and lightness. Enjoy with sausages, roasted meats, cheeses etc.
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  Protocolo Tempranillo N.V. NZD $19.95 NZD $18.95
  Our latest arrival of this extremely popular and superb value for money red that is just ideal for this time of the year. Excellent with red meats, casseroles, aged cheeses, just the kind of thing that you eat now. With the diversity of climate, altitude, soils and region, or in other words terroir, Spain is undoubtedly and has been for many years, the most exciting wine producing country in the world. Tempranillo, the long time king of grape varieties, can be grown and made into very different styles. This is from Calatayud, Aragén, a relatively new area which has been revolutionized in the last 10 years. This Tempranillo is extremely low cropped at about 43 hl per hectare. The wine displays a smoky, chocolate aroma with an incredible rich scent of cherry flavours and tobacco. On the palate it is ripe, integrated yet pure and quite spicy. Drink now or cellar for 3-4 years.
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Calatayud

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  Armantes Old Bush Vine Garnacha 2006 NZD $19.95 NZD $18.95
  All the way from Calatayud near Zaragoza north east of Spain, this is another example of what old vines Grenache can produce, an ultra saturated wine very full body with concentration and power. Lovely and juicy grown at high altitude that exhibits aromas of dark berry and plum with great vibrancy, freshness and minerality. The surprising thing is that for a wine so reasonably priced it over delivers in every front, fantastic tannins, ample middle palate, focus, in essence excellent value. You might have tried Grenache before but of this quality and price they are not that many around.
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  La Multa Old Vine Macabeo 2006 NZD $21.95 NZD $19.95
  This is made from 45 year old vines in the continental inland climate of Calatayud in north eastern Spain. Completely unoaked with extensive lees aging to give it complexity, aroma and depth. The wine exhibits a mouth filling and caressing structure with beautiful vibrancy yet remaining very clean and accurate, full bodied and expressive yet not sweet or flabby. Ideal with fish, casseroles, white cheeses and definitely white meats such as pork. Drink now or over the next 3-4 years.
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  Armantes Old Bush Vine Rose 2007 NZD $23.95 NZD $21.95
  Situated in central Spain at very high altitude, with a very continental climate, very cold winters and hot summers. This is not your usual rose, it is dry, bursting with berry fruit, wild strawberry but yet soft and juicy. It has concentration, power and length but still remaining clean, pure and fresh. Ideal with antipasto, tapas and seafood. Drink now or keep for a couple of years.
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  Aretey Cava Brut Reserva NZD $26.95 NZD $24.95
  Penedes in Catalunya, Spain, have been producing Cava for centuries, in fact one of the first areas to produce bottle fermented sparkling wine. Over the last 10-15 years it has become the biggest seller of sparkling wine in the world. There is a big range of Cavas from dry to semi sweet, Reserva, Vintage etc. The one here today is a Brut Reserva made from Macabeo, Xarel•lo and Parellada, all native varieties of Catalunya. Aged on its lees for 15 months, in fact in some cases longer than Champagne. No wonder that this is so good, so concentrated and exhibiting beautiful, creamy, yeasty and almost nutty sort of flavours with incredible refined bubbles and freshness. If you haven’t tried it before, you really should because at $24.95 it doesn’t come any better!
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Castilla

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  Infinitus Tempranillo 2006 NZD $19.95 NZD $18.95
  This is from the central plateau of Spain, Castilla, one of the largest producing areas in the world. Immense innovation has been going on here for the last 10-15 years, located at 2500ft. above sea level, the climate couldn't be better, cool nights, hot days, no vine disease, no rot on the grapes etc. This is made from 15-20 years old vines harvested at ultra ripeness, the wine is almost black in colour exhibiting leather, tobacco and dry spice. The palate is laced with cherries, blackberry with good weight and tremendous structure, minerality, focus and power could best define this wine. Drink now or cellar for 5-6 years.
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  Dominio de Eguren Codice 2003 NZD $21.95 NZD $19.95
  Over the last 20 years, Spain has surged ahead as one of the leading producers of outstanding wine in the world. This is from Castilla, situated right in the middle of Spain where a combination of high altitude, continental climate, cold winters and hot summers are ideal growing conditions for outstanding wines. Made from old vine Tempranillo, exhibiting tobacco, leather, spice and medium to full bodied yet very fresh and clean. The 2003 was another fantastic vintage in Spain characterized by intense heat and optimum ripening conditions. A little on the young side now but will cellar for 3-4 years. Ideal with cheese, grilled meats and anti-pasto.
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Jumilla

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  Escobera Jumilla 2002 NZD $21.95 NZD $19.95
  A thoroughly modern and stylish new breed of Monastrell and Syrah. From the region of Jumilla which has been producing outstanding and well priced wines for the last 10 years. Immense colour, ripe and vibrant with a perfume of fleshy fruit and spice, the wine delivers a superb balance of structure, acidity and length. Ideal with BBQ meats, cheeses etc. This is another perfect example of some of the outstanding quality red wines being produced in Spain over the last 10-15 years. Drink now or keep for 3-4 years.
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La Mancha

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  Candidato Tempranillo 2006 NZD $18.95 NZD $17.95 Out of stock
  This has to be the deal of the year and our latest shipment has just arrived! Made by the Martinez Bujanda family with a historic pedigree dating back to 1889 in Rioja, this though is made from the upcoming region of La Mancha in Central Spain. La Mancha is a high altitude area with a climate of extremes, the poor soils and sometimes arid conditions are indeed very well suited to Tempranillo that has been growing here for centuries even though under a different name. Candidato is fantastic, modern yet displaying terrific terroir, unmistakeably Tempranillo with its leather and tobacco flavours yet because of the vineyards altitude, it also displays great minerality. As we said, at the price we don't think that there is anything out there that even compares. Ideal with sausages, chorizo and of course queso manchengo (aged cheese from La Mancha). Drink now or cellar for 3-4 years.

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  Espectacle Del Montsant 2006 NZD $329.95
  P.S. Espectacle will be arriving in approximately 3-4 months.
  "Espectacle is a new project jointly owned by Rene and Isabelle Barbier, Fernando and Marta Zamora, and Christopher and Charlotte Cannan. The wine is sourced from a single vineyard of 100+-year-old Grenache vines located at La Figuera on the northern edge of the Montsant D.O. The vineyard is tended by Rene Barbier's Clos Mogador team and vinified in one special 4000-liter oak vat at Celler Laurona. Just over 400 cases are produced annually. The 2004 Espectacle del Montsant is deep crimson-colored with a sensational bouquet of mineral, espresso, lavender, violets, and black cherry. This leads to an opulent, nearly exotic wine with remarkable depth, complexity, and layers of sweet cherry-flavored fruit. It is as pure an expression of Grenache as exists anywhere on the planet and certainly the greatest example of Montsant ever produced." 99/100 Wine Advocate
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Navarra

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  Gran Feudo Reserva 2001 NZD $25.95 NZD $23.95 Out of stock
  Another example of the great search of quality by every Spanish region, this is from Navarra situated to the north of Rioja and made from a blend of Tempranillo with a little Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. The 2001 vintage is one of the best vintages in the last 20 years and offers an array of smoked meats, leather, tobacco and cigar box with good acidity, depth and purity. A wine that at seven years of age is starting to drink magnificently but will also improve with further aging. A wine of this quality at $23.95 is virtually impossible to find.
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  Gran Feudo Reserva "Vinas Viejas" 2004 NZD $44.95 NZD $39.95
  This is outstanding, 2004 is a classic vintage that it will go down as one of the best in recent memory, made from old vines it has the power and concentration that you would expect from a $100 wine. From Navarra, situated to the north of Rioja and made from a blend of Tempranillo with a little Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, it offers an array of smoked meats, leather, tobacco and cigar box with good acidity, enormous depth, purity and focus. A little young but approachable and will also cellar for another 4/5 years. When you take quality ratio price it is just unbeatable.
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  Chivite Coleccion 125 Reserva 2004 NZD $89.95
  The Senorio de Arinzano estate was made to produce the best Tempranillo, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon parcels to be made under Chivite's Coleccion 125 label. These grapes are twice selected and hand harvested then matured for 17 months in new Allier French oak barriques. Chivite has raised the profile of wines from Navarra which were always considered second to Rioja. This 2004 Reserva is the equivalent of a very good second growth from Bordeaux at half the price. The wine is dense, intensely perfumed with grip and substance. It offers a lush and sweet texture but yet is still remaining full bodied, balanced with an all round velvety feel. Drink now or cellar for up to 10 years.
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  Chivite Coleccion 125 Reserva 2001 NZD $89.95
  The Senorio de Arinzano estate was made to produce the best Tempranillo, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon parcels to be made under Chivite's Coleccion 125 label. These grapes are twice selected and hand harvested then matured for 17 months in new Allier French oak barriques. Chivite has raised the profile of wines from Navarra which were always considered second to Rioja. This 2001 Reserva is the equivalent of a very good second growth from Bordeaux at half the price. The wine is dense, intensely perfumed with grip and substance. It offers a lush and sweet texture but yet is still remaining full bodied, balanced with an all round velvety feel. Drink now or cellar for up to 10 years.
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Priorat

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  Clos Figueres 2004 NZD $147.95
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Rueda

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  Garci Grande Verdejo Viura 2006 NZD $21.95 NZD $19.95
  Bodegas Garci Grande has 200 acres of vineyards on Rueda’s gravelly, dry plateau near the historic town of Valladolid in the southern part of the zone. Garci Grande is made from a blend of 50% Verdejo and 50% Viura. The Verdejo grape has been grown in the Rueda region for over centuries. Its origins date back to the 11th century. Viura was introduced in the 1950’s, when Verdejo wasn’t appreciated on its own. No oak as it doesn’t need it, it offers an array of minerals, green figs and cashew nuts, full body with crisp and racy acidity, freshness and concentration. This is the sort of wine that over delivers for its price, versatile, good on its own and even better with food. If you haven’t tried it, you should because at the price they don’t come any better.
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  Garci Grande Verdejo 2006 NZD $24.95 Out of stock
  Spain has surged ahead from a bulk producer to the most innovative, creative and single minded quality driven country in the world over the last 20 years. Still most people will be more familiar with the reds than with the whites and this is simply because worldwide most people still think of Spain as being a very hot climate country when the truth is that it has enormous variations between north and south, east and west. Verdejo has always been one of the classical varieties planted across various regions for many years but the modern versions are just absolutely outstanding. This pale yellow wine sparkles clean and brilliant. With delicate citrus lemon nuances alongside touches of herbs and fruit, its mouthfeel is well-structured with long body and a good aftertaste. It exudes a pleasant freshness on the palate, round soft and unctuous. The finish is persistent, soft and elegant. Suitable with fish, rice dishes, vegetables and pasta.
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  Lurton Rueda 2005 NZD $28.95
  The huge revolution that Spain has undergone in making wine did not only extend to the reds but also to their whites. This is a magnificent example of low yielding Viura and Verdejo can make. The wine is pale and very clear yellow with glints of green. Very good intensity dominated by the fruity side of the Verdejo. White fruits (white peaches), notes of apricot, candied fruits, with a hint of fresh butter. Beautiful freshness that balances the volume in the mouth admirably well. Equally good aromatic intensity, with an explosion of white fruits (nicely ripe white peaches, melon) giving an impression of sweetness.
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  Aalto Ossian 2007 NZD $79.95 NZD $64.95
  This is another example of how far Spain have travelled on the quality wine production stakes, this is very rare and it hardly ever goes outside of Spain but for lovers of any Puligny Montrachet wines including Grand Crus, you should take a few bottles of this because this is just amazing value. This new project from Aalto’s Javier Zaccagnini and Burgundian enologist Pierre Millemann is made from 180 year-old, organically farmed, ungrafted verdejo vineyards. Inspired by the great Chardonnays of Montrachet, this wine was raised in a combination of new and used French oak for 8 months prior to bottling. Production is very limited. Drink now or cellar for up to 10 years.
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Ribera del Duero

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  Vina Gormaz 2006 NZD $21.95
  The 2006 Vina Gormaz Tempranillo, produced from 50+-year-old ungrafted Tempranillo vines, is as good a value as exists from the D.O. of Ribera del Duero. This unoaked wine is dark ruby-colored with aromas of earth, spice, mineral, plum, and black currants. This is followed by a medium-bodied, ripe wine, with layered flavors, light tannin, and good balance. This is another great example of the extraordinary wealth and depth of wines to be found in Spain over the last 20 years or so. A little young at the moment but still offering very fresh and clean matured fruit flavours that will develop for another 3-5 years.
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  Pesquera Crianza 2000 NZD $52.95 NZD $48.95
  Very few people can take credit for revolutionising a major wine region. Baron Philippe de Rothschild in Bordeaux, Robert Mondavi in Napa Valley, and now another to add to the list is the young 65 year old Alejandre Fernandez, creator of the world famous 'Pesquera' from Spain's Ribera del Duero area, south-east of the Rioja region.
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  Pesquera 2004 NZD $52.95 NZD $48.95
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  Bodegas Alion 2005 NZD $149.95 Out of stock
  Ahhh here we are. Deft oak work, olives and undergrowth, violets and mulberry backed up by some dark cherry. The nose shows very little obvious oak characters, but there is some coffee there if you look hard enough. Well structured and balanced, the palate shows juicy red and black fruits and with layers of herbs, earth and fruit. Excellent wine, and only just pipped by the 04, will cellar for 10 years+.

Rioja

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  Vina Real Crianza 2004 NZD $34.95 NZD $32.95
  2004 is one of the best vintages in Rioja in the last 30 years, mainly made from Tempranillo and a little Mazuelo, it offers an array of smoked paprika, lavender, espresso and mocha. Full body with an incredible middle palate, lovely ripe black fruits, racy acidity, terrific complexity, clean, focused and perfect purity. Although you can drink it now it will also develop for 3-5 years at the price it is hard to pass, when you think that they would be many Pinot noir and Bordeaux blends around at double the price that generally speaking don’t go with food either, this is just a steal. Drink now or cellar 3-4 years.
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  Vina Real Reserva 2001 NZD $64.95 NZD $54.95
  Another classic vintage in Rioja, the reserva version is aged in oak for a minimum of 2 years with a further 2 years aging in bottle before release, not many vineyards in the world can afford to take this approach, the idea behind it is that once released the wine can be drunk straight away. Full body with an array of Asian spice, wood smoke, leather and saffron yet remaining fresh with assorted black fruits. What I really like about it is the density and enormous middle palate reminiscent of a Grand Cru Burgundy, layers of flavour, ripe supple tannins, concentration and gamey. Drink now or cellar 6-8 years.
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  Cvne Imperial Reserva 2001 NZD $84.95
  One of the true classics from one of the most prestigious Bodegas situated in Rioja. Made from 100% Tempranillo selected from its own vineyards. The 2001 vintage is one in a series of excellent vintages, the wine even though a little on the young side, has enormous potential. The bouquet is perfumed and scented with tobacco, leather and dry fruits, on the palate it shows incredible depth, structure, total balance and purity but the finish is long and firm lasting well over a minute. If we were to compare it to anything else you would need to go to the Grand Crus of Burgundy or super second growths from Bordeaux. Starting to drink very well now but will also cellar for 3 years plus. Drink it with chorizos and jamén serrano.
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  Sierra Cantabria Gran Reserva 1998 NZD $86.95 NZD $82.95
  Another leading bodega that has gone from strength to strength in the last 20 years, they make the normal Crianza the Reserva and the Gran Reserva. This is the Gran Reserva which is made from mainly Tempranillo and a little Mazuelo, at 11 years of age it is drinking fantastic but will also cellar for another 4-5 years. At the moment it shows loads of tobacco, spice and leather with ample middle palate and the concentration that you would come to expect from a Burgundy Grand Cru or top flight Bordeaux. It is not often that you come across a beautifully aged wine of this quality at this price. Very, very limited.
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  Pintia Vega Sicilia 2006 NZD $129.95
  Bodegas Pintia is owned by Vega Sicilia. Pintia is located further west along the Duero River inside the warmer D.O. of Toro. The estate owns 96 hectares of land. The first vintage released was the 2001. As for the 2006 Pintia, it is 100% Tinta de Toro aged for one year in new French and American oak. Opaque purple-coloured, it offers a complex perfume of grilled meats, pencil lead, spice box and blackberry. This leads to a full-bodied, ripe, layered wine with intense flavours serious complexity and phenomenal length, will cellar well for 8-10 years.
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  Numanthia 2005 NZD $136.95
  Yet again we find that Spain is delivering unmatched value for money wines, their different regions are like a boiler room of ideas, innovation and creativity. In the last few years this particular Bodegas has been creating wines that are rated internationally alongside and higher than the very top Bordeaux and Burgundy yet at a fraction of the price. Made from 100 year old ungrafted vines planted at high altitude and yielding less than 1.5 tonne of fruit per acre. The wine was aged in new French oak for 18 months and bottled without fining or filtration. This comes from the area of Toro which is one of the upcoming areas in Spain. It is without doubt a revelation when it comes to the production of modern Spanish wine. The wine is concentrated, lean and focused with impeccable pedigree and definition. The quality ratio of this wine is unsurpassed, easily on par with any second growth from Bordeaux at roughly half of the price. The reviews speak for themselves. Will cellar for 10 years ... more »
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Bierzo

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  Vega Montan Godello 2007 NZD $21.95 NZD $19.95
  A native variety of Galicia, home of Albarino, even though this is from Bierzo, North West of Spain right on the ''Camino de Santiago'' the path followed by pilgrims for centuries. This is already one of the new darlings of top restaurants and sommeliers worldwide, a wine that offers outstanding value and versatility. Pale green in colour with a bouquet of lime and pine nuts, on the palate it offers beautiful freshness, minerality, racy acidity with focus and purity. Perfect on its own even better with food, especially shellfish, if you haven't tried it yet, you really should because at the price, this is unequal.
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  Vega Montan Mencia Crianza 2006 NZD $24.95 NZD $21.95
  From this very small region of Bierzo just north of the Duero Valley, Northwest of Spain, this grape variety has been grown for centuries with in many cases, lacklustre results however in recent years with more hillside plantings and serious vineyard management it has expelled that myth. This is an extremely affordable wine, some of the biggest players in Spain are moving to the area and making absolute gems which are extraordinarily priced. The wine is weighty, with ripe plums, racy acidity, concentration and lengthy middle palate. You could be forgiven for thinking that it was a top Burgundy. A little on the young side at the moment however very refreshing, attractive and just simply delicious to drink now but will also keep.
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