2005 Bodegas Piqueras Castillo de Almansa Garnacha Tintorera ($8) Founded in 1915 in the Almansa region of southern Spain, Bodegas Piqueras released its first bottled wine in 1961. It was the first area winery to use oak barrels after the 1975 creation of the…

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2005 Tres Ojos Calatayud Old Vines Garnacha ($8) - What sold us: The region of Calatayud, in Aragon, is gaining a reputation for stellar, dirt-cheap Garnacha (Grenache, to the rest of us) and here’s a great example. From a co-op 20 miles north of the…

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