Friday Features 9/9/2022

Friday Features!
Two Special Spanish Wines

R. López de Heredia Viña Cubillo Rioja Crianza 2013
Regularly $35.99/On sale for $32.39
(Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano, Mazuelo)

Lopez de Heredia is an absolutely iconic producer and if you have even the slightest interest in Spanish wines, trying whichever of these you can is a must. The winery was established in Haro in 1877 and is one of the first three wineries of Rioja. Many of the wines are hard to come by, and when we do get them, we get only a handful. The Cubillo is the both the youngest and usually most abundant of their offerings and it is a tremendous value. This wine is rich, complex, and elegant. Though it is young by the Bodega’s standards, it allows the opportunity to drink a wine with a bit of age on it, even if you don’t have the space (or will power) to set wines aside for that purpose. Not to be missed.
 

Los Bermejos Diego Seco Ecologico 2021
Regularly $32.99/On sale for $26.69
(100% Diego)

Los Bermejos is located on the easternmost Canary Island of Lanzarote. The island is covered in a layer of ash and lava approximately 4 meters deep from a volcanic explosion that lasted from 1730-1736. Each individual vine is planted in a hoyo (hole) in order to break through to the organic matter hidden below the ash and the vineyards have always looked to us a bit like they have been planted on the surface of the moon. The harsh winds are both protective (against fungus) and destructive, and so the vines get little rock walls as a buffer and do not reach very far up from the ground. The vines are very low yield and the grapes are concentrated. For these reasons each bottle seems special. This Diego is delicately aromatic with lovely concentrated fruit (apple, stone fruits, citrus), bright acidity and great minerality.