A muscular red, boasting black licorice, tea rose, eucalyptus, tar and mocha notes, which serve as rich aromatic accents to a pure beam of pureed black raspberry and blackberry fruit. Though firm and tightly meshed, this is silky in texture, rippling over the palate as the flavors expand through to the long, minerally finish. Drink now through 2030. 2,000 cases made, 100 cases imported.??–AN??Region: Spain / Rioja Select to Add

I liked the freshness and elegance of the 2018 Calados del Puntido, which was floral and perfumed and with a medium to full-bodied palate with very fine tannins. This is pure Tempranillo from Páganos, from the 25 hectares from that vineyard, one of four that together total 45 hectares around the winery. This has good acidity and what they want to describe as iodine notes, pungent and fresh, matured in second-use French barrique (used for El Puntido before) for 16 months. 20,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in April 2022.

This red shows some muscle, with underpinnings of iron and black tea flanking the currant and blackberry flavors. Details of savory spice, olive and cola layer onto the structured finish. Drink now through 2025. 2,000 cases made, 150 cases imported.??–GS??Region: Spain / Rioja Select to Add

First produced in 2012, the most affordable of the reds produced here is the 2015 Calados del Puntido, and it's Tempranillo selected from 25 hectares of vineyards. It fermented in stainless steel and matured in French barriques for 16 months. This comes from Páganos, and tasting it next to other wines of similar prices from other Eguren wineries, the character of iodine of the wines is there; it has the textured palate of the wines from Páganos/Laguardia, from soils that aren't very deep and have quite a lot of silt. It's quite glyceric and round. It's medium to full-bodied and fills your mouth, and it has tannins that are rounder, more unctuous, quite different from the wines from San Vicente. A clear step up from the 2014. 20,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in April 2019.

A plush texture carries bright flavors of cherry, raspberry and currant, backed by vanilla and spice notes, in this round red. Juicy acidity and light, firm tannins give this focus. Drink now through 2022. 1,700 cases made, 100 cases imported.??–TM??Region: Spain / Rioja Select to Add