Wines from Spain

Rioja, Ribera del Duero, Albariño, Cava and Priorat, plus a few you might not know yet.

2021 Protos 27 Ribera del Duero – £34.96
2020 Muga Reserva – £25.94
2018 Figuero 15 Reserva Ribera del Duero – £36.95
2018 Valdaya El Valiente Ribera del Duero – £24.95
2018 Cruz de Alba Fuentelun Reserva – £23.95
2021 Orube Rioja Garnacha – £16.96
2020 Ramon Bilbao Edicion Limitada Tempranillo Magnum Magnum – £37.96
2018 Ramon Bilbao Rioja Mirto – £44.95
2025 Muga Blanco – £16.99
2021 Ramon Bilbao Rioja Edicion Limitada Tempranillo – £18.95
2020 Mar de Frades Finca Valinas Albarino – £29.95
2022 Mar de Frades Godello – £25.96
2024 Bodegas Cepa 21 Ribera del Duero HITO – £21.95
2020 Tinto Pesquera Reserva Ribera del Duero – £45.00
2022 Aalto Tinto Ribera del Duero – £55.00
2023 Lalomba Finca Lalinde Rioja Rosado – £22.96
2016 Morlanda Priorat Crianza – £35.35
2021 Cruz de Alba Ribera del Duero Crianza – £19.96
2021 Morlanda Blanco Priorat DOQ – £19.96
2019 Orube Rioja Seleccion de Familia – £28.66
2021 Marques de Murrieta Rioja Reserva – £31.50
2020 Ramon Bilbao Rioja Vinedos de Altura – £17.95
2021 Vega Sicilia Alion Ribera del Duero – £99.00
2023 Lalomba Finca Lalinde Rioja Rosado Magnum – £52.96
2018 Costers del Prior Priorat – £12.25
2017 Morlanda Vi de Guarda Priorat DOQ – £35.35

Spain has more land under vine than any other country, and it’s come a long way from cheap and cheerful. Rioja is still the name everyone knows, but Ribera del Duero now makes some of Europe’s most sought-after reds, from Vega Sicilia’s Alión to Aalto and Dominio de Pingus’ PSI. In Catalonia, the steep slate slopes of Priorat produce dense, powerful wines in tiny quantities.

The whites are worth just as much attention. Albariño from Rías Baixas is fresh and saline, made for seafood; Verdejo and Godello are rounder; and Txakoli from the Basque Country is light, zesty and slightly spritzy. Add Cava for traditional-method fizz without the Champagne price tag, and pale Spanish rosado, and you’ve got a country you could drink from all year.