2007 Torre de Barreda, Vino de la Tierra de Castilla, Juan de la Barreda

Located an hour or so to the South East of Madrid, Torre de Barreda is situated on the hot flat and in all honesty somewhat unpromising planes of Castille. Father and son, both rather confusingly called Juan de la Barreda, have however fashioned a wonderful wine, from old vine Tempranillo, known as Cencibel down here. The grapes are grown traditionally ‘en vasco’ then vinified even more traditionally in ‘tinaja’ epoxy resin-lined terracotta vessels. The result has, unsurprisingly, bags of personality and individuality, but rather more surprisingly elegance and a rather sophisticated structure. Bingo!
(Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer)