Vintages New Release Collection – September 27, 2025

Cellaring properly doesn’t only apply to wines that will keep for decades, though. A wine that will evolve for 3-5 years will need the same care. Keep track of your wines and how they might be changing with a cellar-tracking app, or go old school and use a pen and notebook. Keep the original critic’s note and your initial comments about the wine so that you can compare and update your impressions as you enjoy each bottle over the years.

URBINA ESPECIAL RESERVA 2006 DOCa Rioja, Spain If you love mature, traditionally made Rioja, this will put a smile on your face. Made from Tempranillo and 5% Graciano and Mazuelo, it has the freshness and elegance you’d expect from the cooler Cuzcurrita zone, spicy French and American oak, fine-grained tannins and palate-caressing wild strawberry sweetness. Drink date: 2022-2026. Score: 96 (Tim Atkin, MW, timatkin.com, Rioja Special Report 2022 ) Medium-bodied & Fruity 10494 (XD) 750 ml $44.95 2 CHÂTEAU MONRECUEIL CASTILLON CÔTES DE BORDEAUX 2016 AOC, Bordeaux, France Very upbeat blackberries and plums on offer with a smooth, plush and slightly flinty edge to the finish. Neat, gossamer tannins here. Try from 2020. Score: 90 (jamessuckling.com, Jan. 14, 2019) Full-bodied & Smooth 22948 (XD) 750 ml $24.95 1

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