El Principe de Laguardia 2018

Situated in the very south of Navarra, close to Rioja, Pago de Cirsus was founded in 1997 by famous Spanish movie maker Iñaki Núñez. He first renovated a 16th century building in Navarra, making it a plush hotel, then built a state of the art winery and planted a 137 hectare vineyard that’s now 20 years old. He sold it in 2014 to Alejandra Gomez and the upward trajectory continues. For 40+ years, Navarra has been a bastion of modern, fruit driven wines and the team at this bodega is no stickler for tradition – willing to adapt the rules to produce a wine of the highest quality. This is a sumptuous, full bodied Tempranillo, aged for a year in nearly all French (20% American) oak. Serve with lamb or a rich haricot bean casserole.