Almansa, inland from Spain's east coast city of Valencia, is handy to know about, offering Rioja in all but name at low prices. Bodegas Piqueras, founded in 1915, benefits from extreme continental conditions: vines yield tiny quantities of very high quality grapes. Juan-Pablo and Angel Bonete are well kitted-out at their modern winery, with stacks of new barrels. Aged in oak a year, this fragrant red has intense spicy vanilla aromas complementing rich, baked red fruit flavours.
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Bodegas Piqueras farm 485 hectares of vines around the town of Almansa where their brand new cellars are situated. The cellars have so many solar panels on the roof that they produce more electricity than they use. This is a modern business but still family owned and driven with Juan Pablo Bonete the current head. They aspire to make fruit driven wines with a traditional edge.
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