Offbeat Spain: Xarello

Although I'm proud of my articles about CVNE in Rioja and Vega Sicilia in Ribera del Duero, I now intend to spend a bit of time off the beaten path to report on some of Spain's lesser-known grapes and regions: Monastrell from Jumilla and Alicante; Romé in Málaga; Moravia Agria in Manchuela; Garnacha in Sierra de Gredos and Priorat; Mencía in Bierzo and Ribeira Sacra; red Caíño in Rías Baixas; Albariño and Godello in Galicia – and, the first of my series on highly personal Spanish wines, Xarello currently experiencing something...