Tasting notes on Peñín's top Spanish wines

Following the publication of the Guía Peñín 2008, the annual guide to Spanish wine that owes it existence and reputation to José Peñín, the publishers held a tasting of the top-scoring wines, previously listed here, in Madrid. Inevitably the producers of these wines took the opportunity to show more than one wine so this is a review of many more wines than in that original list. The tasting was such a huge success, and so crowded with members of the Spanish wine trade, that I had to have a minder to help me squeeze through the crowds –...