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The Wine Grail on Elefante Tempranillo Shiraz

Crimson with violet edges. Smoke, vanilla and sweet chocolate with pencil shavings are forward on the nose.

Winsor Dobbin thinks Elefante Tempranillo Shiraz 2009 is 'amazing' at the price!

Spain (and neighboring Portugal for that matter) is producing some terrific wines that fly under the mainstream radar. This is a thoroughly modern red blend from the Castilla region with lots of smart, bright fruit and some impressive earthiness as well. It's a ripe, full-bodied wine that has some appealling berry flavours tempered by good tannin structure. The label is as bold as the contents of the bottle and what is amazing is the price: at $12.99 this puts a lot of domestic reds to shame.

New vintage 2010 Elefante Castilla Blanco gets 90 points on winefront

"It’s grown on (average) 20 year old vines at over 500 metres above sea level in the La Mancha region of Spain.

Matt Skinner calls Elefante Blanco 2009 'killer value'

"This motley white blend of macabeo,verdejo, viura and sauvignon blanc represents killer value. It’s compact and restrained, with smells of peach, pear, honey and green edges, while in the mouth it hits soft and broad with ripe stone fruit, lovely texture and a bone dry end. It's great with chilli, garlic and almond broccoli."

Elefante Tempranillo Shiraz

"The bold red label of this young red encapsulates the verve of modern Spain. It tastes intense, ripe and liquorice-like but not heavy, with hearty flavours and balanced fine tannins."

4 stars

Elefante Blanco "Bargain of the week"

A terrifically good value, drink-now white made from macabeo, verdejo, viura and sauvignon blanc grapes.

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