One of the mightiest Spanish reds
2001 Grans Muralles, Torres, Conca de Barberà, Spain (£54.95, Handford Wines, 020-7589 6113).
It is a crying shame that only one merchant in the UK appears to sell this monumental wine. So, with this in mind, please give Greg Sherwood or James Handford (a brace of Masters of Wine, no less) a call and a pat on the back for having such good taste.
Grans Muralles (the great walls) is a magnificent creation from the equally magnificent Torres portfolio. Made from ancient grape varieties, monastrell, garnacha tinto, garró, samsó and cariñena and coming from a positively breathtaking, walled, single vineyard, depicted on the label, the density and splendour of this mighty red is a wonder to behold.
Handford has some stock of the epic 2001 and our featured 2004 (which is a heroic wine, too) will follow on soon. This is one of the mightiest and most collectable Spanish reds around and yet the price still seems eminently affordable by comparison to top end Bordeaux and Burgundies.
If you have never been bowled over by a Spanish red before then this wine will change your life.
• Matthew Jukes is a winner of the International Wine & Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year.
