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12 New Wines From Spain !

Spanish Bubbles

Bodegas San Valero, Gran Ducay Cava Brut Nature
San Valero is a co-op founded in 1944 by 66 farmers who together pull their fruit to make great wine. The Cariñena DOP is well known for tempranillo and garnacha and for actually blending the two together but today we have a cava from this landlocked region with a continental climate. This wine was made using the three main cava grapes- xarel-lo, parellada, and macabeo, and aged for 12 months before being disgorged with no dosage to make this wine bone dry (Brut Nature). It tastes of burnt marshmallows, vanilla cream, and yellow apples. Sparkling wine is food wine! Drink cold. Drink now. ($17.99)

Bodegas Langa, Real de Aragon Cava Brut
The Cava DO is an unusual regulated wine region in that it is not a single region but a dozen or so where producers can legally produce sparkling wine made in the traditional method and call it cava. This wine uses 2 of the 4 white cava grapes - 75% Macabeo 25% Chardonnay. It is aged for 17 months before being disgorged to 7g/l of residual sugar. Cava is the place to go for high quality low priced sparkling wine. This wine is balanced and tastes of brioche, citrus, and tastes more and more like Champagne as it warms in your glass. A beautifully classic Cava. Drink now. Drink cold with absolutely anything. ($15.99)


Spanish White

De Alberto, Monasterio de Palazuelos Rueda Verdejo 2022
The 350 year old winery in Rueda has been operated by Hijos de Alberto Gutierrez for more than 80 years. Like the rest of the region they focus on Verdejo here, though they make it in some unique ways. The wine you have today is not one of those ways, but pretty traditional in style. V delicious tho. This is a fantastic example of Rueda Verdejo. Stainless steel ferment with some lees aging giving it a bit of an oily texture. The wine is perfectly balanced and fruit forward. It tastes of green fruit, green apple, melon, fennel, lime, and has great body. Drink now. Drink cold with fish tacos from Baja Burrito. ($12.99)

Bodegas Alceño, Romeo Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Alceño was one of our favorite visits on the trip. The history, the drastic change in landscape, and the family that ran it were incredible. We ate dinner at a thousand year old castle and crushed many bottles of this sauvignon blanc. There isn’t much sauvignon blanc in Spain because most of the country is a bit too hot, but here in Jumilla, in certain locations, you can find a good bit of it. Because of this hot climate this sauvignon blanc expresses itself in a totally different way. It tastes of sweet tarts, sweet green pepper, candied grapefruit, sour apple, and when warming up…Georgia peaches. Just wait for it. Drink now. Drink icy cold by the pool. ($11.99)

Zudugarai, TxapelDun Txakoli 2022, Getariako Txakolina
The wine of the Summer! Hondarabbi Zuri is the white grape used to make this deliciously spritzy wine. Grown in the Basque region of northern Spain, Txakoli has had a recent surge in popularity. Zudugarai is a 3rd generation winery in Txakolina making traditional wines with HZ. This wine is left to age for a bit on the lees before being bottled. It tastes of citrus, green apple, some yeasty-ness and herbaceousness. This wine was made for the Summer and made for food. Drink now. Drink icy cold with tacos, grilled chicken, salads, or by itself. ($19.99)

Bodegas As Laxas, Ferrum Albariño 2022
The Romans were making wine in Galicia well over a thousand years ago and Cistercian monks made a fortune here after the New World was discovered in the 14th and 15th centuries, yet As Laxas was one of the younger wineries we visited the entire trip. Founded in 1975, five years before the Rias Baixas DO was created, the winery has been making fire Albariño since day one. Albariño accounts for 96% of production in Rias Baixas and is typically grown on a pergola system to combat mildew from all the water around, taking advantage of the coastal breezes. Grapes are harvested during the night, cold macerated, fermented with native yeasts, and aged in stainless steel before release. This wine smells of pineapple and pear, and tastes like yellow apples, citrus, yellow and white flowers. It is a beautifully expressive albarino and should be enjoyed cold. Drink now with shrimp scampi or oysters. ($19.99)


Spanish Red

Bodegas Alceño, Romeo Monastrell 2020
Alceno is the oldest commercial winery in Jumilla. The Phylloxera epidemic is what initially sparked major wine production in Jumilla as winegrowers attempted to outrun the pest. In fact, there are still many unaffected vines here, a rare thing anywhere on earth. From the 1870s to the 1970s the winery helped put Jumilla on the map working mainly with the native variety Monastrell (Mourvèdre), even helping establish the D.O. in 1966. Winemaker since 1997 Juan Miguel Benitez Garcia has worked to expand the winery and plant new and interesting varieties. Just a kiss of oak, this wine is deep with a purple rim and tastes of sour cherries, blackberries, cassis, blackberry pie, vanilla, balsamic. It’s perfect for starters or slightly chilled on grill night. Drink now. Decanting doesn’t hurt. ($11.99)

Zuazo Gaston Bodegas Viñedos, Vadillo Reserva Rioja 2018
The Zuazo family has a wine growing history dating back to 1850 but they didn’t build and produce their own wines until 1908. The family spent the next century growing their estate and producing bulk wines for a wide market. In 1989 Prudencio Zuazo Gaston took over after his Oenology studies with a dream of redirecting the winery into high end and luxury wine. He began working on it right away and in 2001 the current iteration of Zuazo was launched. Being in Rioja, the majority of their production is Tempranillo. The wine spent 18 months in French and American oak and then 18 months in bottle. It is earth up front, dirt, wood, balsamic, herbs, chocolate, and tastes of those things along with red fruit leather, smashed plums, with a long finish. Drink now or hold for 1-5 years. Decanting doesn’t hurt. ($21.99)

Zuazo Gaston Bodegas Viñedos, Vadillo Crianza Rioja 2020
This wine is the baby brother of the Reserva, meaning it is also Tempranillo but rested in 50% American oak and 50% French oak for 12 months instead of 18, followed by another 6 months of bottle aging. Thus, the wine is a fresher expression of Rioja (and more affordable). It tastes of spices, plums, black cherries, caramel, and craisins. Drink now at cellar temp with a pot roast. ($16.99)


Bodega la Milagrosa, Escondido Tempranillo 2018 Ribera del Duero
La Milagrosa was one of the only co-ops we visited on this trip and was one of our favorite stops. Founded in 1962 by the grandparents of the current partners, the winery focuses on tempranillo. Ribera tempranillo can present deeper and darker in color than Rioja and often sees less oak aging making the flavors of the wine fresher but dark leaning. This wine is a great example of that. This wine goes through a pre-fermentation cold soak which helps extract even more color and tannins before being fermented and aged in concrete and new and used oak. The vines are 50+ years old. It tastes of blackberries, dark fruit, raspberries, spiced plums, leather, and notes of oak in vanilla and mocha. Drink now with aged cheeses and lamb chops. ($14.99)

Bodegas Langa, Real de Aragon Garnacha Centenaria 2019
Langa is now in its fifth generation of winemakers. We spent our time with the current owners and brothers who have pushed the winery into its most progressive iteration. Calatayud's hot and dry climate is perfectly suited for garnacha, a variety known best for being in the blends of another hot and dry region, the Rhône Valley of France. You’ll typically see more varietal wines in Spain - that is 100% garnacha or 100% monastrell (mourvèdre) instead of GSM blends like in France. Langa doesn’t only do garnacha though, they also make Cava! This garnacha, however, is killer. It is deep cherry in color and taste, followed by notes of cooked strawberries, spices like cinnamon and clove with some vanilla, blackberry, and licorice. Drink now. Drink at cellar temp with BBQ salmon. ($16.99)

Zuazo Gaston Bodegas Viñedos, Finca Costanillas Rioja Blend 2020
This is a weird one, but fun nonetheless. While tempranillo dominates the landscape in Rioja, it is sometimes blended with other varieties, in this case, 12% graciano and 2% viura (a white grape you may know as macabeo, used in cava production). This red and white blend is unique and really only famous in one place in the world- The Northern Rhone where viognier is sometimes splashed into syrah. This wine is hand harvest, fermented, and aged for 10 months in American and French oak. It tastes of ripe cherries, figs, spice in cinnamon, rich vanilla, red flowers, salinity, and pear. Drink now. Drink at cellar temp with lasagna or birria. ($14.99)

Two Weeks in Spain! One Year to Ship!

New Wines Have Finally Arrive!

May 2023

Our goal was to meet new winemakers and find you amazing Spanish wines for under $15. Mission accomplished with last summer's trip to Spain ... but it took one year to get these across the ocean. Wow! Hope you'll enjoy this recap which introduced us to some truly amazing people and the incredible wine regions of a beautiful country!

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April 2022

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