Fine Wine

A rare and beautiful sherry showing the aromatics of an amontillado with the intensity and palate of an oloroso. Robust yet elegant it makes and excellent dinner partner, aperitif with nuts and jamon, alongside Beef Wellington or later with cheese.

An extremely rare forty year old sherry. Drawn in tiny quantities from six casks known as ‘Museo Solera’.

Tim Atkin 96 The Bosconia vineyard, which has always been vinified separately at the winery, has more clay in the soil and tends to produce richer, plumper wines that are priced below Tondonia. This cuvée of Tempranillo with 10% Garnacha and 5% each of Graciano and Mazuelo has caressing sweetness, supple tannins and notes of dill and tobacco. 2019-28 James Suckling 95 A stunning vintage of this Rioja classic. Ripe and concentrated, yet cool and delicate with tons of fine tannin. Lots of earthy, autumnal Burgundy-like nuances, as well as notes of violets and plums. Long, complete finish. Drink or hold. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 93 2006 was a hard year to follow, even if 2007 was a great year in Rioja and exceptional for López de Heredia. The 2007 Viña Bosconia Reserva shows a little tannic, fulfilling the reputation for being a more rustic wine than Viña Tondonia. There are notes of chocolate-covered cherries and hints of forest floor...

Parker 93+ ...5% of the barrels were produced with American oak at the Vega Sicilia cooperage. The new winery was 100% ready and now has much better facilities. The élevage lasted 12 months, and this has contained ripeness and integrated oak. The year had freshness and balance and helped to produce lighter and more expressive wines, like this one. This has to be one of the finest vintages for this cuvée.

El Valiente is a fruity wine but maintaining the essence of Bodegas Valdaya, with floral memories, such as violet and balsamic. It maintains the classic elegant character of their wines but offering a more fruity and lovely profile. Very fresh with a delightful velvety texture. This is everything you want in a quality Spanish wine, wonderful nose, sumptuous fruit and elegant oak all working in harmony with each other.

Tim Atkin 97/100 Tondonia's reds have been on an upward curve recently and are now at the same level as the bodega's world-class whites. This is a fine, elegant, savoury, low-alcohol blend of Tempranillo with 20% Garnacha and 5% each of Mazuelo and Graciano, combining summer berry fruit, racy acidity, granular tannins and an earthy, balsamic undertone. Good now, but this will develop further in bottle. 2020-28 Tim Atkin MW (January 2020)

Ancient estate on world-class form. Certainly in the top 3 of Rioja. Just classic.

This Amontillado Muy Viejo has more than 30 years of ageing in oak barrels giving it an intense concentration and complexity. Dry in taste with hints of cedar, leather, walnuts and a lingering, nutty finish. It is a great partner for roast beef, hearty casseroles, game or mature Cheddar cheese. “Aromatic and intoxicating, offering toasted almonds, caramel, dried figs and coffee bean. Dense and rich yet tight and precise. Extraordinary.” IWC 2019 Gold

Gonzalez Byass is the 2010 IWSC Winemaker of the Year. “Treacle tart, bonfire toffee figs, nice raisoned fruit, all with a light spice. Thick yet balanced - very tasty.” IWC 2018 Gold

International Wine & Spirits Awards (IWSC) 2010 Sherry Trophy winner. Gonzalez Byass is also the 2010 IWSC Winemaker of the Year. “Mid amber bronze in colour. Arresting scents of damp woodlands, earl grey tea, bitter orange, dried cherry and caramel. Classic Palo Cortado dry style with a hint of sweetness which shows how this can be easily become a superb dessert wine.” IWSC 2017 Gold

Beronia has blended modern and traditional touches to create a fine gran reserva with spice, vanilla, coconut, tobacco and dried berry aromas.

Vega Sicilia's wonderfully approachable Toro offering. Of their range, frankly the best value and easiest to enjoy in youth (the wine... not you). Big, earthy, bold.

"Dense notes of macerated strawberries are followed seamlessly by those oh-so-glorious classic Tondonia notes of autumn bonfires and vanilla. But the 2008’s aromas move seamlessly into more delicate, almost ethereal layers of astonishing complexity – with dried cranberries, evolving into sweet, fresh raspberries. A blend of 70% Tempranillo and 20% Garnacho, with the remaining 10% a mix of Graciano and Mazuelo, the palate is surprisingly tight with lots of super-fine tannins. Initially ultra-fresh, the wine mellows with air, transforming into a gentle and glorious wine with savoury hints of marmite and cured meat, spiralling away into an endless finish. Warm, delicious, elegant and exhilarating, this is more in line with the cool 2006 than other recent vintages. A wine worthy of any cellar." Catriona Felstead MW

An eight year old Fino selected from a tiny number of casks in the Tio Pepe Solera still retaining a delicate layer of Flor. More intense and much more concentrated than Una Palma. The flavour is fuller and drier and very long on the finish. Wonderful to drink on its own, but ideally needs a slice of dried jamón. Serve lightly chilled.

Parker 93/100 "...a blend of 70% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacho and 5% each Mazuelo and Graciano, matured in used American oak barrels for six years. It has some toasted character, with ripe fruit, black rather than red, denoting a warm year but more restrained than the Bosconia Reserva from the same vintage. 2009 is a year of ripeness, concentration and tannin; the wines are powerful, but here you see the finesse of Tondonia..."

Ripe red fruits combine with interwoven oak to give touches of spice, cherries and a hint of licquorice. A beautifully elegant, lasting finish. 12 months in French oak & 6 months in American oak

Etern means eternal. Priorat sloping hills vineyards are eternal because they are so tough, deep and spiritual it seems they will be alive forever. This wine comes from a selection of beautiful and exceptional sloping hills old vineyards from 70 to 95 years old in the Priorat region. They are very low yield vineyard, only 300 to 700 grams per vine yeild. As the philosophy of RITME CELLER this wine is based only on native, indigenous varieties 80% Carinyena and 20% Garnatxa. Only 1,346 bottles were made. The wine is aged 12 months in new Allier low toasted French oak barrels from the best selection of the Tonnelerie.

Plaer means pleasure. Albert Jane, winemaker at Ritme Celler, seeks to express all the pleasure and identity of the unique Priorat area.This wine comes from a selection of beautiful, exceptional old vineyards from 40 to 60 years old. Vineyards are from different parts ofthe Priorat area: Bellmunt, Falset, Torroja del Priorat, El Molar, Porrera, Poboleda and ElLloar, always based on licorella soil from 300 to 650 metersof altitude. Grapes are hand harvested and selected in the vineyards and again in the cellar. The wine is aged 12 months in one year old French oak barrels.

This wine is the result of a romantic selection of 100% garnatxa. Magic old vineyards of 70-90 years old that have a real unique taste. Tasting this wine is akin to being in an Auditorium listening to acoustic music. Harvesting the grape when it is fully ripe and have achieved the complete tannin ripeness. Selection by hand in the vineyard during unloading to the destemming machine in the cellar. Then 15 days of maceration with the skin with several pigeage every day. Pressing using a small vertical wooden pressing machine. Spiritually balanced, it offers copious floral cassis and blueberry fruit on the nose with fine delineation and purity, a bouquet that goes out to seduce. The palate is full-bodied, with a touch of burnt toast on the edgy entry, followed by a wave of earthy, black fruit that lacquers the mouth with superb minerality. Magic silky tannins. Nectar of fruitiness. The finish is off dry with firm grip and a saline touch on the aftertaste.

Oz Clarke 96 points (2014 vintage) "Wonderfully exhilarating Garnacha from the fringes of Priorat. It has shimmering blackcurrant and apple flesh fruit, mouthwatering acidity and a slap of herbs, and yet you can still taste the heat in the grapes." Truly outstanding Garnacha.