"Beautifully ripe, fragrant; Approachable & flavoursome" Wine Orbit
"This Spanish wine is the best-value Syrah I have tasted in years" Paul Tudor, MW
Enjoy this award-winning wine simply by itself or accompanied by tapas, roasted or grilled meat
Bodegas Piqueras Valcanto Organic Syrah 2018 (Spain)
Bodegas Piqueras Valcanto Organic Syrah 2018 (Spain)
Accolades
Awarded Gold Medal
Gilbert & Gaillard 2020
Awarded Gold Medal
Berliner Wein Trophy
Awarded 90/100 Points & 4.5 Stars
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Sep 2020
Awarded Gold Medal
China Wine & Spirit Awards 2020
Description
- American oak
- Dark plum
- Toasted spice
- Fine tannins
“Beautifully ripe and fragrant, showing dark plum, sweet cherry, toasted spice, floral and almond characters on the nose. The palate delivers lovely supple mouthfeel and succulent fruit intensity, combined with silky texture and fine tannins, making it approachable and flavoursome“ Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Sep 2020
“This Spanish wine is the best-value Syrah I have tasted in years" Paul Tudor, Master of Wine
Valcanto is produced by Bodegas Piqueras, founded in 1915 by Mario Bonete, one of the driving forces behind the creation of Almansa DO. In south-east Spain (100 kilometres inland from Valencia.) Today, Mario’s sons look after the estate, with the goal of producing eminent wines at fantastic prices. The estate is situated at 700-800 metres altitude with an extreme continental climate, low rainfall and limestone-rich soils which are managed using organic farming methods… perfect conditions for low yielding, slow ripening vines which produce rich, ripe, bold red wines of excellent concentration and quality.
Sourced from hand-harvested, 25-30 year-old, organically-farmed vines Valcanto is a pure, intense, elegant expression of Syrah with delicious, natural acidity and is aged in fine-grained 300l American oak hogsheads for 6 months to give a gentle, creamy texture. This wine massively over delivers for the price. It is a perfect accompaniment to rich meat and cheese dishes and will age well 2-4 years in the bottle.
Food Pairing: Enjoy this award-winning wine simply by itself or accompanied by tapas, roasted or grilled meat.
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Herbert - 25/07/2022
Exceptional value for money, at $14.99 a bottle it is a fantastic wine in my opionuon better than Aussie Shiraz twice the price! It is not as 'in-your-face' as the Aussie Shiraz, this seems more cultured, a full mouth watering finish- I cannot recommend this wine highly enough
Tony - 24/01/2022
A very pleasant wine to drink, great flavors and will be re ordering. Really love the Spanish wines!
Amanda - 01/09/2021
Excellent wine. Great taste and very good value for money.
Craig - 21/06/2021
As per your recommendation this is a very good tipple and very good value, we will purchase it again.
Dave - 20/01/2021
Great value for a lovely smooth wine. Will definitely purchase more and I am not even a red wine drinker.
Shona - 11/01/2021
Outstanding value for this very good full bodied Syrah.
Mark - 02/11/2020
Definitely on the heavier and tastier side of syrah. Really enjoyed it.
Gary - 07/03/2022
A very nice wine, easy on the palate and goes well with a good steak.
Allan - 30/12/2021
Great value and delicious. Have been caught out by some of Laithwaites 'bargains' recently but Black Market have been consistently good value.
John - 23/06/2021
Chose this based on the reviews (not always wise), but this is just as described - rich and smooth, and great value.
Barry - 02/06/2021
quick delivery
Tony - 20/05/2021
Well balanced and easy drinking. Will order AGAIN.
Susan - 27/02/2021
wine is great, delivery very unsatisfactory
Rudolf - 14/02/2021
beautiful well balanced and ripe Syrah from spain
Juan - 11/01/2021
Good value
Jane - 11/01/2021
great value very smooth
Paul - 21/12/2020
Very smooth and well worth the money
David - 21/12/2020
Good. Very juicy!!
Andrew - 17/12/2020
very drinkable but prefer the grapier taste from Aussie Shiraz
John - 18/01/2021
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