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Evans’ pick: 12 top Tempranillos to try

1 Dominio de Es, Viñas Viejas de Soria, Ribera del Duero, Spain 2017 95

£69 Decántalo

From old vines at 1,000m, pre-phylloxeric, the wine fermented in large used oak. This is superbly elegant and could not be further from the muscular Tempranillo found elsewhere in Ribera del Duero. Biodynamic. Drink 2021-2030 Alcohol 14%

2 Roda, Cirsion, Rioja, Spain 2016 95

£195 BI Wines & Spirits, Fine & Rare, Harvey Nichols

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