Vinos en Voz Baja, Costumbres, Rioja Oriental, Northern Spain, Spain 2020

Carlos Mazo's bush-vine Garnacha delivers a generous, vivid wine, with brisk bramble and blueberry aromas and an elegant, finely textured palate. These are Mediterranean influenced vines, to be sure. As the label says, these are small production wines, so don't delay in snapping up this great-value Rioja.

Carlos Mazo 's bush vine Garnachas deliver generous, vivid wine, with brisk bramble and blueberry aromas and an elegant, finely textured palate. These are Mediterranean influenced vines, to be sure. As the label says, these are small production wines, so don't delay in snapping up this great value Rioja.

A juicy, supple and pure fruited Garnacha. Restrained yet engaging on the nose, but full of sweet Garnacha fruit, whole-bunch spice, pepper and wet stones on the palate, with lovely, powdery tannins that caress rather than dry.