A superb wine for the price and, without wishing to toot our own horn, the price is a reflection of our hard endeavours on your behalf, snooping around the outer creeks and tributaries of the wine trade for bargains. We found this wine at a quirky little event in London recently and were about to place an order, when the shipper contacted us saying that he could offer us a clearance price that would allow us to sell it for £13.95 if we took it all. Given that we were about to place an order anyway, when it would have retailed for £18.95, we dropped the gavel immediately!

It's a light, perfumed, pale-coloured Garnacha from vineyards in the Gredos Mountains, west of Madrid, where Garnacha takes on a much daintier, Pinot-like personality than elsewhere in Spain or, indeed, France. The wines are still packed with flavour, in this case we found cherry, parma violets and wet slate, but they have a bit of gravitas too, with chalky tannins, meaning the wine can stand up to food. 14% alc. Drink now-2028.

Press review:

The Wine Advocate: “The red 2018 GR-10 Tinto contains a little less Cariñena and Syrah (10% and 20%, respectively) and, therefore, a little more Garnacha than the 2017 I tasted next to it. 2018 is a more complete vintage, with perfect ripening of the grapes, better yields and more balance in the wines. The fermentation and élevage were similar, with native yeasts, 90% full clusters and nine months in different sized barrels and a 4,200-litre oak vat. 2018 is clearly a great vintage, very complete, and the wines have more of everything: They are still young but are going to be superb, and you should wait on them while you drink your 2017s. This is like a more complete version of 2016, perhaps a vintage that is going to require more time. This is drinkable, but it's going to get better in bottle. It's ironic how in a great year the grapes are perfect, you work less, you get more wine and the result is better!” 92 points