Sunday Business Post – Tomas Clancy

TO TRY: Condado de Haza, Ribera del Duero 2006 (91), €21.50 from Searsons in Monkstown, Co Dublin and selected wine shops nationwide

“Bold, raucously heavy and concentrated fruit, wild spice and a toasty sweet coconut edge to the long finish complete this modern masterpiece.”

TO BUY: Torres Gran Coronas, Reserva 2003 (89), €16.49 from O’Briens

“The Gran Coronas Reserva cabernet sauvignon and tempranillo blend is an outstanding, polished wine. It bristles with deep, luxuriant dark fruit, crushed, almost savoury blackcurrant, a dab of mocha and a touch of aniseed, all draped over a hardy, but not oppressive, tannic frame. “

TO PUT BY : San Giacomo, Brunello di Montalcino 2003 (91) down to €27.70 from €34 for February from Donnybrook Fair, Dublin and Greystones

“The wine is much more muscular than Chianti, with a more musky, animal tone. This is a more glossy affair with lovely toasty tones and plum jam touches over an epic frame. It will need two or three more years to reach a peak, but with long decanting it’s drinking well now. ”