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AWARD WINNING
SPANISH WINES TO TRY If you enjoy drinking Spanish wine, seek out and try the following, which have all received great acclaim in recent times.
WORDS JAMES SINCLAIR PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF RAVENTÓS CODORNIU
MORADILLO DE ROA 2016 blackberries and pronounced (LEGARIS) black fruit. On the palate it Moradillo de Roa from Legaris was recently declared the best Spanish tinto of 2020 as well as one of the 30 best wines in the world by International Wine Challenge. This exceptional red wine is produced from very fine tempranillo grapes grown at an altitude of 973 metres, with an aptitude of ripening to the limit, marked by an extremely cold climate and a pebble terroir. It is very dark, dense, ripe cherry red. On the nose there are notes of liquorice, minerals,
174 / APRIL 2021 ESSENTIAL MAGAZINE
is intense with a long finish, endowed with very lively tannin, characteristic of the gravelly soil in which the vineyard is located. Moradillo de Roa is part of the Vinos de Pueblo de Legaris Collection, composed of three monovarietals: Alcubilla de Avellaneda, La Aguilera and Moradillo de Roa. PVP REC €32
