Bodegas Nekeas, Vega Sindoa

[stevebody]

I don't get it: Bodegas Nekeas/Vega Sindoa makes FABULOUS wines, vintage after vintage, and still don't register on most peoples' radar at all. The wine you mentioned is, hands down, my favorite under$6 bottle ever; wine with real character, some complexity, beautiful balance and complusive drinkability. Their O.V. Grenache, "El Chapparal" is GORGEOUS; as good as any Grenache that gets batted around on this forum, including the Alarba, Alma, Etim, etc. It's usually $10.99 and they make a ton. Their Chard is amazingly rich and viscous and judiciously oaked and RIPE, Good Lord is that stuff Ripe!

Their Tempranillo-Cab is only slightly less complete than the Table Red and a freakin' bargain at about $7.

I know their labels have looked kinda tacky in the past, though they've put a cool new one of the Table Red. Maybe that's it. All I know is, that's NOT a low-ambition plonk winery. Those guys know wine and make tons of it.