Tasting Notes
If you've never had a Clarete, this is a fun place to start. It's the old-school Spanish take on rosé, a proper blend of red and white grapes all co-fermented together, so you get the freshness of a white and the fruit of a red in the one glass. This one throws seven varieties into the mix, foot-stomped, basket-pressed and fermented in barrel with seven months on lees for real depth. Forget pale and pretty, this is rosé with a savoury, gutsy streak, and it's all the better for it. This is the style of rosé I keep going for lately because it straddles the line between light chilled red and rosé yet ripples with detail in the glass. - Pete L
Bendito Destino is the project of sommelier Terry Kandylis, established in 2020 after he discovered a collection of abandoned old vineyards around Canalejas de Peñafiel in Ribera del Duero. The vineyards sit at up to 925 metres and are predominantly 80–100+ year-old bush vines, with Tempranillo, Garnacha and Bobal interplanted with white varieties including Albillo Mayor, Jaén Blanco and Malvasía Riojana. Rather than imposing the powerful, heavily extracted style often associated with Ribera, Terry takes inspiration from Burgundy, farming organically and using spontaneous fermentation, whole bunches, gentle extraction and larger-format oak. Many of the wines are traditional field blends, with the varieties harvested and fermented together as they grow in the vineyard. It’s an exciting, distinctly modern project built around preserving some remarkable old vineyards and allowing their individual character to come through.
| Product Type | Wine Red Rose |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Ribera del Duero |
| Winemaking Practices | Minimal Intervention |
| Vineyard Practices | Organic/Biodynamic |