A big, dark & complex wine like this is a great partner for food, but the food needs to be up to the job. Big flavours work well, such as leg of mutton roasted with anchovies, marinated haunch of venison with a good jus, or anything ratatouille-based where the savouriness of green pepper & aubergines is dominant. Cortijo de la Vieja is situated on the slopes of Sierra de Gador, looking across to the Mulhacen, Spain's highest mountain, & other peaks on the Sierra Nevada range. This wine is a blend of Tempranillo, Merlot & Syrah grapes, with late harvest Petit Verdot, all aged in different American barrels for eight months to intensify the flavours. Very dark, almost black, with garnet hints. On the nose it is richly complex, offering plum, fig & date aromas with bitter chocolate, cinnamon, smoke & minerally baked earth nuances. In the mouth it is very smooth & full, with good tannins cutting through the sumptuous dark flavours. The finish is dark & long. ...

As is common with the majority of good quality dry Mediterranean whites, Inzolia ‘ Terre di Giumara' is a great wine to partner with fish & seafood. With its lush, fruity layers & complex aromas, this wine would make a great partner for grilled fish with capers & lemon, pasta tossed with shellfish or even roast pork with apple sauce. Caruso & Minini dates back four generations in the history of two families. The winery is based in the heart of Marsala country, with the vineyards for this particular wine located in the Terre di Giumara estate on the north & west-facing slopes of Giummarella hill. It is an area that is perfect for the growing of high quality white wine grape. Bright straw in colour with a heady bouquet of lime, melon & grapefruit aromas, mingling with notes of ground nut, wild flowers & intriguing musky nuances. In the mouth it is bright & zesty while also rich & rounded, with abundant melon & lemon flavours & a tingling acidity which carries well across a long, clean finish. ...

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This highly characterful wine is great for partnering with quite diverse foods. Its dark, almost liquorice-like flavours would suit meaty dishes with a good depth of flavour & some spice, something like Mexican mole poblano. Otherwise, match the sweet cassis fruit to something lighter, but still meaty, such as tuna steaks or herb-stuffed pork. Cortijo de la Vieja is situated on the slopes of Sierra de Gador, looking across to the Mulhacen, Spain's highest mountain, & other peaks on the Sierra Nevada range. This area has a dry climate with hot days & cool nights, so the grapes get quite concentrated & highly aromatic, which the careful organic farming methods capture well. Dark cherry red in the glass, with powerful aromas of ripe blackberries, cassis & kirsch mingling with more savoury notes of liquorice & balsamic vinegar. In the mouth it is a full & rounded, offering jammy black fruit flavours over a backbone of minerally earth & baked scrubl&. The finish is long & nicely complex. ...