Super-charged Vino de la Tierra from near Cadiz.

Tempranillo and Syrah. Structured, balanced, silky, full of ripe fruit.

The deep crimson-coloured 2006 Quinta Sardonia gives up an aromatic array of cedar, Asian spices, incense, and blackberry. Savoury and supple on the palate, it has enough underlying structure to evolve for 2-3 years and should be at its best from 2012 to 2026.

Estate-grown by the Pisano family and aged in French oak for 5 months, this is an exciting value from an up-and-coming wine region. Aged in oak barrels and shows a beautiful nose with aromas of plums, cherries, wild berries, tar, licorice, smoke, dark chocolate, roses and violets. Concentrated on the palate, muscular, dense velvety tannin coat, dark fruit, spicy, multi-layered, muscular elegance and long-lasting.