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By Steve Graham, February 4, 2010 5:57 pm

Hey guys, I hope you’re all doing well. My apologies for the sparse posting frequency — I’ve been ridiculously busy lately, and also (surprisingly) hadn’t come across any “value” wines that I thought were worth putting up on the site. All that’s changed though recently, as I’ve finally hit on a couple lately that I think you might like.

The first is an excellent wine from Spain (a mainstay location when you’re looking for value wines). It’s the Finca Sobreno Toro Tinta de Toro. Specifically the 2005 vintage.

This particular wine comes from the Toro region, and typically sells for around $15 USD. While it doesn’t possess quite the depth that the Ribera del Duero I recommended late last year does, it’s still a very solid wine. I’ve polished off 3 bottles of this wine over the last few months, and was very satisfied each time.

In terms of food pairings, I really enjoy this wine with beef and grilled meats, as well as with spaghetti bolognese.

At this price point, the wine has a lot of things I look for: minerality, spice, dark fruit, and good balance. Give it a try – I think you’ll like it.

My rating: 88 points.

2005 Finca Sobreno

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By Steve Graham, November 10, 2009 9:39 am

From time to time, I’ll be putting wines up here that exceed the $20 price point, but are still excellent values. Here’s an outstanding example of such a wine. This is the 2005 Emilio Moro Ribera del Duero. I picked this up at my local Total Wine for $23.99. This is a really high quality wine, and can easily compete with wines costing 2 or 3 times as much.

A wonderfully structured, medium acidity wine, with plenty of complexity. I drank this over 2 days, and it was just as good or better on the second night. The nose is a little tight initially, but opens up nicely.

Fantastic value for you Ribera del Duero lovers.

My rating: 91 points.

2005 Bodegas Emilio Moro Ribera del Duero