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The new La Mancha – tasting notes

Adan Israel, sommelier at Granero restaurant, La Mancha

Ferran tasted his way through some of Spain's most unusual wines.

This tasting article is to be read in conjunction with Ferran's The new La Mancha – overview, a fascinating account of changes in this once rather reviled wine region. The picture is of Adán Israel at Granero restaurant, the local sommelier who helped Ferran enormously with the tasting described below.

The 43 wines are grouped by style/colour sparkling, white, rosé, red and sweetand listed alphabetically by producer within each group, but you can reorder the wines within each group using the menu...