The Wines
Every bottle in the Almanac
Each wine here has a Wine Story of its own. They are chosen for what they say about a place, a way of working or a stretch of time, not for a score or a price. 14 wines, arranged by country.
Argentina
El Enemigo
El Enemigo Chardonnay
Mendoza / Gualtallary · 2023
Chardonnay
At 1,470 metres above sea level, this Chardonnay spends a year beneath a veil.
Bodega Colomé
Colomé Estate Malbec
Salta · 2023
Malbec
In Salta, altitude is not background scenery; it is part of the wine’s identity.
San Pedro de Yacochuya
San Pedro de Yacochuya
Salta · 2021
Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon
Another way into Salta: a wine where altitude and the valley are central to the story.
San Pedro de Yacochuya
Yacochuya
Salta · 2018
Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon
An older bottle gives the Salta story another dimension: time after altitude.
Georgia
Bedoba
Bedoba Saperavi
Kakheti · 2023
Saperavi
Dark-fruited, Georgian and unmistakably tied to place; a useful doorway into Kakheti.
Bedoba
Bedoba Saperavi Reserve
Kakheti · 2021
Saperavi
A deeper look at the same landscape through a reserve bottling.
Tchotiashvili
Saperavi Rcheuli Qvevri
Kakheti · 2020
Saperavi
Part of this cellar lies underground. So does the wine.
New Zealand
Cloudy Bay
Te Koko
Marlborough · 2021
Sauvignon Blanc
The point is not to make Sauvignon Blanc taste louder, but to ask what else it can become.
Spain
Raúl Pérez
Ultreia Valtuille
Bierzo · 2022
Mencía
Bierzo through one of its most closely watched modern voices.
Alberto Orte
Atlántida Blanco
Cádiz · 2023
Vijiriega
A bottle about rediscovery: a historic variety finding a modern voice in Cádiz.
Bodegas Luis Pérez
Tintilla Carrascal
Cádiz
Tintilla de Rota
A parcel-led look at Tintilla de Rota and the return of a historic Cádiz grape to the centre of attention.
González Byass
Tío Pepe Fino en Rama
Jerez
Palomino
Flor, cellar and immediacy: a Fino presented closer to the wine as it lives in the bodega.
Adegas Guímaro
Guímaro Finca Meixemán
Ribeira Sacra · 2023
Mencía
A wine for a landscape story: steep slopes, old vines and the vertical geography of Ribeira Sacra.
La Rioja Alta
Viña Ardanza Reserva
Rioja Alta · 2020
Tempranillo and Garnacha
Time is not what happens to Viña Ardanza after it is made. Time is part of how it is made.
