Despite being relatively affordable, this wine seems to over-deliver in every vintage, displaying the purity and...
Bovale, Utiel-Requena (Valencia, Spain) Bobal 2019
This very, very strong value wine shows the hearty honesty of the Bobal variety sourced from older vines in the area...
Paixar, Bierzo (León, Spain) Mencia 2018
The 2018 release is an awesome rendition of Paixar, if different from many of its predecessors in showing very open bright fruit...
San Román, Toro (Castilla y León, Spain) 2015
This is a fantastic release from the uber-talented Garcia family’s outpost in Toro. The richest and most...
Finca la Mata, Ribera del Duero (Castilla y León, Spain) 2019
Although there’s no doubt that Ribera del Duero is a magical place for growing Tempranillo (or, as it is known...
Legado del Moncayo, Campo de Borja (Aragón, Spain) Garnacha 2019
I’ve never tasted a vintage of this special, upper elevation selection from Legado del Moncayo that I didn’t...
Elias Mora, Toro (Castilla y León, Spain) 2012
What a pleasure to find a high-end, current release wine from Spain that is in the market at a point in its development...
Soaring Sicily, Vol. Two: Remarkable Reds
As luck would have it, I’m finishing this column and posting it on the USA’s Thanksgiving Day in 2020, a year that...
Alessandro di Camporeale, Sicilia Vigna Di Mandranova DOC (Sicily, Italy) Syrah 2016
My notes from my estate visit during 2019 indicate that I wasn’t shown this wine, which makes no sense, as it is...
Tornatore, Etna Rosso DOC (Sicily, Italy) 2016
This is an undeniably gorgeous wine, and though I hesitate to seem high-handed or arrogant about the matter, if you...
Torre Mora, Etna Rosso DOC (Sicily, Italy) 2017
This is a taut, still tight Etna Rosso, with less overt ripeness than most and more structure too, whether because of the...
Torre Mora, Sicilia Rosso (Sicily, Italy) 2019
I can’t find any of this on offer at retail in the USA, but the estate is owned by Piccini, which has a notable...