Old-vine wines – part 4 Iberia

We've got a full house for Spanish (and, sadly, just two Portuguese – I'm sure there are many more examples out there) old-vine wines. Lots of exciting things going on in all regions of Spain.

Monday, 29 August 2022
One of the isolated, old Toro vineyards owned by Numanthia

In this collection there were wines that took my breath away: the tiny gem of Bodegas Gratias; the stalactite-glitter of the Enric Soler wines, also made in painfully minuscule quantities. There were wines that filled me with respect and awe: the drama of Numanthia (as evidenced by the photo above); the complexity of La Conreria d'Scala Dei; the elegance of Abel Mendoza. And there were...