Pepe Mendoza, Mares de Luz Monastrell-Giro, Alicante, Spain 2021

Winemaker Pepe Mendoza works only with native grapes, has a focus on terroir and adopts a minimal intervention approach to winemaking. This 50/50 blend of Monastrell and Giro (aka Garnacha) from southern Spain offers easy-drinking blackberry and dark fruit flavours with a light touch. Fresh and fruity, and excellent value at just under a tenner.