Classic formula here - old gnarly bush vines, a talented young winemaker, take a somewhat overlooked wine region....add hard work, grit and determination, and with this wine, we're seeing some incredible results. Dark but upfront fruit, with a wafting perfume of rose and small red berries. There's plenty of savoury grit here, backed up by ginger and cinnamon spices, and the power of those old vines really shines through. The wine is well balanced however, with natural acid freshness, and spends just 7 months in French oak, which partially accounts for the spiciness! A lacquered and sweet fruited, confected Grenache you can smash. A delight of a wine.

There aren’t many wine-producing countries of this world which can hold a candle to Spain. The sun-soaked southern European country produces the kinds of wines we can’t help but get excited about - full-flavoured, passionately produced wines of thrilling variety, we love wines that manage to capture everything special about this country in the bottle. Legado del Moncayo is pretty much spot-on in this regard - it is the passion project of the young and ambitious winemaker Isaac Fernandez. Isaac works in a number of regions across Spain, and with several varieties, but his standout wines to date come from the old Garnacha (the Spanish name for Grenache!) bush vines of Campo de Borja, the so-called ‘empire of Garnacha’ which is famed throughout the country (and increasingly, the wider world) for the sheer quality of the red wines it produces. Isaac has an experimental approach, bringing together the old world of tradition and finesse with an in-your-face attitude of innovation, and thinking outside the box.