Vera Vides Ribera del Duero Magna Vides 2020Husband and wife team Pablo Arranz and Andrea Sanz left Madrid to take over an old family vineyard in Ribera del Duero in 1999. Over the last 20 years they have been producing some of the most vibrant and pure expressions of this region, from their incredibly old (mostly 80 years and older) vines farmed according to organic and biodynamic ethos. Vera Vides is a wine made to express best the fruit character of the area, rather than a heavy wine with

with an elegant bouquet of fruits and a slight touch of resin

or mature cheeses like Roquefort or Époisses

this winery manages 18 hectares of vineyards stretching from Gevrey Chambertin to Mercurey

This creates a rich

velvety wine which will kiss thy lips

this wine is open and expressive

This isn’t your typical Cognac

and white flower-like aromas and flavours

On the historic main road through Franschhoek Valley

and you can see why the wine world has been getting itself into such a tizz about this wine since its release in 2020

with a nice rounded sweetness

Tapatio reposado is aged for four months in ex-bourbon casks