Osborne Jerez Amontillado 51-1 1830 Solera 500ml

Osborne Jerez Sibarita 500ml

Valdespino NV San Lucar de Barrameda Manzanilla Deliciosa 375 ml

Palomino fino grape. Legendary Sherry house dating back to 1264. Fermented in stainless steel w/ native yeasts (they are the only Sherry house to do so) & aged under flor for 5 years in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, at Valdespino's famous Misericordia Solera.

Bodegas Akutain 2017 Rioja Reserva

Jon Peñagarikano Akutain, the second-generation owner of Bodegas Akutain, is making some of our favorite, classicly styled Riojas. Everything at the esate is traditional: hand-harvesting from six hectares of estate vineyards, fermentation with natural yeasts and without temperature control, and aging (with racking) in used American oak barrels. The 2017 Reserva is almost entirely Tempranillo from higher altitude plots in Rioja Alta. Grapes were destemmed with fermentation in fiberglass and stainless steel, followed by aging for 35 months in neutral (mainly American) oak barrels. Unfortunately for the estate, there was 70% loss in 2017 due to frost, and the only grapes they did harvest were from the Gembres vineyard (their best site). This was the only wine they produced in 2017, and though the yields were extremely low, the concentration and quality of the fruit was outstanding. This is a delicate, elegant Reserva, with nice lift and acid. The nose shows classic Rioja character: cherry, dried tobacco, and earth with just a hint of that herbal, dill-like note that signals the use of American oak barrels. This offers tons of pleasure right now, and could certainly be held for the next 10 to 15 years. A perfect "drink or hold" wine.  

Bodegas Akutain 2018 Rioja Crianza

Akutain is an estate that we have fallen in love with here at Chambers Street. The Reserva and Gran Reserva were revelations for us, and this Crianza is the perfect prelude, truly resembling a Reserva in style. Mostly Tempranillo with some Garnacha, indigenous yeast fermentation, and aging for 1 year and 9 months in old oak and 1 year in bottle.  Leathery tannins, elegant, earthy tones, all around a total winner, and sure to be your new favorite Rioja, especially at this price point. -EL

Bohigas 2022 Catalunya Xarel-lo

Can Vi 2020 Vi Negre 250 ml Can

Trepat (from old vines) and Red Grenache with organic certification. Soil: calcareous clay at 400 m a. s l. vinification: 10 days skin contact, bleeding, alcoholic fermentation with native yeasts in stainless steel tanks. aging: 6 months in amphoras.

Celler Pardas 2021 Vino di Mesa Sus Scrofa (Sumoll)

Ramon Parera and Jordi Arnan have been making wines under the Celler Pardas label since 1996, when they acquired an old estate in Alt Penedès. They have a passion for the traditional grape varieties of the region, and Sumoll is one of these old-school Catalan varieties. Sumoll is not an easy grape to work with and is not very productive, and as a result it has largely disappeared from the vineyards of Catalonia. Sus Scrofa is a great example of natural Sumoll, made in concrete tank with about 50% whole-clusters, from 3 parcels of old vines on clay-limestone soils. This is a bright, refreshing red wine that is suited to a brief chill, showing notes of cherry and pomegranate around a core of limestone minerality.

CVNE 2001 Rioja Gran Reserva Imperial

Eloi Cedo 2021 Mallorca Litrona 1L (Liter)

Semi arid mediterranean soil. 864 bottles. Vinification: Hand harvested, organically grown, 15 days maceration with skins 20% whole bunch. Aged for 6 months in stainless, and 6 in bottle.

Envinate 2021 Ribeira Sacra Lousas Vinas de Aldea 1.5L Mag

Mencia grape. Ribeira sacra. made with whole cluster fermentation and aged in French oak barrels for eleven months. The gang of four friends behind these bottles met while studying enology in Alicante, Spain. After graduating, they formed a wine consulting business to find lost, old vineyards and indigenous grapes and start producing wines from these sites and grapes. The aim has been no chemicals, handwork, and indigenous yeast only.

Finca Torremilanos 2021 Castilla y Leon El Porron de Lara

Finca Torremilanos 2021 Ribera del Duero Montecastrillo Tinto

Gomariz La Flor Y La Abeja 2020 Souson

Coto de Gomariz is in Ribeiro, a small region in Galicia, Spain. Farming is organic, with biodynamic principles, and winemaking is low-intervention, always native yeast fermentation and minimal use of SO2. This tasty red is 100% Sousón, a local grape, hand harvested and fermented in stainless steel, then aged for four months in barrel. Deep in color with a slightly rustic and meaty flavor profile, it's also effortlessly smooth and balanced, low tannin, and versatile. Served a bit below room temp, this will shine with mediterranean dishes, and anything from the grill.

Gratavinum 2021 Priorat Silvestris

Julia Bernet 2019 Corpinnat "Cuvée U" Brut Nature

La Zafra 2019 Alicante Tinto 'Nu' Monastrell

Martin Alonso Etayo (Vina Ilusion) 2021 Rioja 'Prana'

Martin A Alonso Etayo has been quietly producing natural wines in Rioja, under the Viña Ilusion label. He owns five hectares of Tempranillo in Rioja, at around 600-700m of elevation, which are farmed based on the principles of Masanobu Fukuoka (do-nothing farming), Rudolf Steiner (biodynamics) and permaculture. Their goal is to rejuvenate and uplift the land that they work, own, and live on. They also make wine in a very low-intervention style: Prana is their second wine, made in a carbonic style. Medium-bodied and pretty, it shows red fruits and earth on the nose, leading to a joyful palate of cherry, red berries, and clay-y earthiness. The 2021 has great balance, ripe-enough fruit for a young Rioja, and the freshness you want from a wine at this level. A perfect tapas wine deserving of a light chill with afternoon snacks and equally versatile with dinner.

Pares Balta 2021 Penedes Ros de Pacs

Pares Balta NV Penedes 'Materia Prima' Pet-Nat

Peciña, Hermanos de 2016 Rioja Crianza

Bodegas Hermanos de Peciña is firmly planted in traditional Rioja, one of perhaps a dozen producers adhering to the tenets passed down through generations. This includes long aging in mostly neutral American oak of 4-10 years, regular open-air racking by hand (called trasiego), and then further aging in bottle often well beyond the specifications required by the DO. Founder Pedro Peciña had over two decades of working in Rioja Alta before opening his own Bodega in 1992. This wine is a blend of Tempranillo (95%), Graciano (3%), and Garnacha (2%), from various calcareous-clay vineyards, and vines averaging 40 years old. The wine ages 2 years in used American oak barrels, and 1.5 years in bottle prior to release.

Peciña, Hermanos de 2019 Rioja Blanco

Pecina provides one of Rioja's greatest examples of fresh yet complex young white wine. 100% Viura,  fermented with native yeasts and raised entirely in stainless steel (with several months on the lees and up to a year in bottle), for a bold, bright white, with cool herbal and waxen aromas, followed by flavors of tangy white grapefruit and green apple, and fresh green herbs. A spectacular bargain and a nice change from your everyday white, perfect for pairing with salads, fish, poultry and pesto.

Pedralonga 2022 Serea Albariño

Raúl Pérez 2018 Bierzo Tinto 'Valdecanada'

From Raúl's high altitude Valdecañada project, this is his very special Bierzo Tinto. Comprising most of the red grapes from the 6 hectares on schist and slate soils, Raúl makes has about 9 barrels total, and he allows all of them to develop flor in the barrel. The blend, like most of his reds is mostly Mencía with small percentages of Trousseau and Garnacha Tintorera (Alicante Bouschet). A really impressive red, with luscious concentration, rustic herbs and brambly overtones. It seemed at tasting to be enjoying a nice moment in it's evolution, though it could clearly age for many years to come. -EL

Raúl Pérez 2020 Bierzo Tinto 'El Rapolao' La Vizcaina

'El Rapolao' is a single plot in the village of Valtuille de Abajo. Raúl was purchasing fruit for many years from this plot and is now the owner as of 2021! Of his three Vizcaina single vineyard reds, this was the one still available to us. What was funny to Raúl is that it is always the one that sells out first in Europe, because it is the most famous vineyard site out of the three! Though it is typically a blend of mostly Mencia along with other local grapes, the 2020 is 100% Mencia. Raúl uses whole clusters, and aging was in 500L neutral barrels. A beautiful wine, and a fine opportunity to explore the flavor profile, fine tannins and rusticity of Mencia from such a special plot.

Raúl Pérez 2020 Bierzo Ultreia Godello

This is a lovely "village level" Godello from about 7 different plots that Raúl tends in Bierzo. Fermentation is mostly in barrel, with some fermentation in steel tank, and aging is all in barrels. Raúl uses a mix of 200L, 500L and 5000L barrels, with the youngest barrel at 4 years old. Impressive minerality here, with fresh flowers and a hint of herbs. Very clean finish and a lovely mid-palate. -EL

Raúl Pérez 2020 Bierzo Ultreia St. Jacques

Raul Perez has become one of the best known and most celebrated oenologist-winemakers in Galicia and Bierzo. His Ultreia wines are beautiful expressions of the terroir and indigenous varieties of Bierzo. Primarily Mencía, with small amounts of Bastardo (Trousseau) and Garnacha Tintorera from organically farmed vineyards near Valtuille de Abajo, the grapes for the Ultreia St. Jacques are hand harvested, and fermented mostly whole-cluster in large oak vats before being raised in large barrels, foudre, and some cement. This is a classic wine of Bierzo, with vibrant violet floral notes on the nose and  chalky minerality, medium body and delicate tannins.

Raúl Pérez 2021 Bierzo Blanco 'Ultreia la Claudina'

La Claudina is from a sandy plot in Bierzo, near the vineyards that make up Raúl's "village level" white, the Ultreia Godello. This is a tiny 0.3 hectare site (really small) that Raúl is very fond of. Though he is not the owner, he is clearly connected with the spot and honored to be able to make wine from these old vineyards. Fermentation and aging was in one single 1000L foudre. It was a new barrel in 2021, but Raúl works closely with the barrel-maker to ensure that the toast is very light. The Godello grapes he harvests here have a higher level of potential alcohol, so he says the wine can handle a big new foudre. Clearly he was right, because the nose and palate do not suggest any of the predictable "new oak" notes. All I got was stone fruits, and a long mineral finish. A beautiful white that sees a very limited production.

Raventos I Blanc 2020 Conca del Riu Anoia de Nit Reserva Rose

Pepe Raventós stepped outside of the Cava appellation in 2012 to create the Conca del Riu Anoia designation. The de Nit rosé was the first Conca wine and continues to sate and impress us with its lively expression of calcareous soils, rich with marine fossils. This is an incredibly versatile sparkler that has crisp, pretty stone fruit and light raspberry fruit with a gorgeous minerality. Made mostly from white grapes Macabeu and Parellada, with a small percentage of Monastrell, this is a very pale rose, barely pink at all (almost peach-hued). Don't hesitate to place this in any role that a more expensive Champagne might have filled...you won't be disappointed!

Raventós I Blanc 2020 Conca del Riu Anoia de Nit Reserva Rosé 375 ml

Pepe Raventós stepped outside of the Cava appellation in 2012 to create the Conca del Riu Anoia designation. The de Nit rosé was the first Conca wine and continues to sate and impress us with its lively expression of calcareous soils, rich with marine fossils. This is an incredibly versatile sparkler that has crisp, pretty stone fruit and light raspberry fruit with a gorgeous minerality.

Raventós I Blanc 2020 Conca del Riu Anoia de Nit Rosé 1.5 L

Suertes del Marqués 2021 Tenerife Valle de la Orotava Trenzado Blanco

Suertes del Marqués' entry level white is a delicious introduction to the authentic, terroir-driven wines of the historic Valle de la Orotava, located on the slopes of Mt. Teide in the north of Tenerife. Trenzado is named after the local vine training system - el cordon trenzado, or "braided cordon," which is depicted on the wine's label. 95% Listán Blanco, with small amounts of Pedro Ximénez, Gual, Marmajuelo, and more, from several vineyards, made in a combination of concrete and used oak vessels. This has all the charming and mysterious qualities that make Listan Blanco so interesting. Saline and volcanic mineral character, a touch petroly on the nose, really a compelling wine! Reduction is very under control here, which allows the wine to shine in a very crowd-pleasing way. A standout on its own, but also a fine match for grilled fish with herbs!

Viña Zorzal 2020 Navarra Graciano

Viña Zorzal 2021 Navarra Garnacha