This is deep in colour, wonderfully fragrant and sensual. It layers fruit over spice over oak texture, and the result is truly delicious! Plenty of black cherry and blueberry, with charcoal and vanilla and dried earth on the finish. The oak adds texture and a hint of vanilla, and really rounds the wine out. Alluring and supple - great drinking.

Ribera del Duero seems like a region ready to embrace a new world, or at least a new generation, and the husband and wife team at Magna Vides certainly tick this box. Pablo Arranz and Andrea Sanz took control of a family vineyard in 1999, one that was already over 80 years old. This was their beginning, but the first wines wouldn't come from it for another 6 years - a clear mark of dedication to their revitalisation process and their passion for quality. The vines are well embedded - large, with magnificent arms, like small trees, and the fruit they now bear is truly wonderful. The wines are made with care of course, but with a focus on the local terroir, and a commitment to only make wines from grapes that are endemic to the region. This new generation are challenging the old ways and going for a unique identity allowing the terroir to show more than the winemaking. This will be difficult, however they are ready to make this happen, and committed to the journey!