Winemaker Notes
Saturated ruby color. This wine has a strikingly aromatic nose that offers a pungent array of fruit, floral and herbal scents. Sweet cherry-vanilla and cola flavors coat the palate and are enlivened by juicy acidity. Supple tannins gain strength on the finish, which strongly repeats the cola and floral qualities.
Volver Single Vineyard, the finest wine produced in La Mancha, is the expressions of the unique terroir of Finca Los Juncares, an old Tempranillo vineyard planted in some of the poorest soils in Spain.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Super-deep blackberry and mulberry fruit with some plum cake and black tea. The palate delivers a really saturated impression, plum essence. A silky finish. Drink now.
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Jeb Dunnuck
From a site planted in 1957 and made from 100% Tempranillo, the inky colored 2015 Volver Single Vineyard is one of the gems in the lineup. With outstanding notes of black raspberries, blueberries, violets, hints of minerality, as well as a touch of toasty oak, this deep, medium to full-bodied 2015 is beautifully balanced and has fine tannin. You get a heck of a wine for not much buck here.
Notoriously food-friendly, long-lasting and Spain’s most widely planted grape, Tempranillo is the star variety of red wines from Rioja and Ribera del Duero. The Rioja terms Joven, Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva indicate both barrel and bottle time before release. Traditionally blended in Rioja with Garnacha, plus a bit of Mazuelo (Carignan) and Graciano, the Tempranillo in Ribera del Duero typically stands alone. Somm Secret—Tempranillo claims many different names depending on location. In Penedès, it is called Ull de Llebre and in Valdepeñas, goes by Cencibel. Known as Tinta Roriz in Portugal, Tempranillo plays an important role in Port wine.
The Moors gave it the name, ‘Manxa,’ which fittingly means ‘parched earth.’ La Mancha, the largest Spanish wine producing region in all of Spain, is one of its hottest and driest. Sturdy and drought-resistant white varieietes like Airen, Viura and Verdejo thrive in this environment.