I recently came back from the Spanish Islands and had the chance to reacquaint myself with the Timpranillo grape. Huge robust Reds, excellent with Paella and Tapas, which seemed so perfect even in the hotter climes of the Med. The Spanish are very passionate about this grape. The wine from the grape they rate as highly as anything from Barolo, Bordeaux or Southern Australia. It's easy to get hold of, mainly found in Rioja and Navarra so look out for Marques de Caceres, Marques de Riscal and Vina Ardanza, all excellent.
The real surprise though was a lovely white wine produced by the massive Torres company called Vina Esmeralda. Readily available from Oddbins it retails at a mere £6.99 and is an excellent example of a Moscatel and Gewurztraminer mix producing a wine that is very easy to drink, very fruity with a slight hint of spice from the Gewurz. Try it one of these warm evenings, chilled and in a clean glass it is a very welcome change from the numerous Chardonnays and Sauvignon Blancs in this price range.
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Our favourite wine of the last few months has been Senora De Lampedusa Reserva - a Tempranillo from Navarra - we've only found it in Wine Rack (£9.49 or just over £6 if you buy 3) and the sods have just discontinued it! To theri credit they rounded up a boxful from all their local stores and gave us a ring so we could collect (bless em)
If you can find it I highly recommend as an every day tipple if you are fed up of New world rubbish but not quite up to French snobbery!
Hi Revd
I could not find your wine anywhere so my best suggestion would be to contact the Chief Wine Buyer for First Quench Retailing (Melissa Draycott) who own the Wine Rack Chain. Although she is new to the group she should have details of the supplier and maybe she will be happy to put you in touch directly with them.
Good Luck.
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