Gutsy red from a winery that has benefited from the consultancy expertise of both Michel Rolland and Sam Harrop
Bodegas Palacio Glorioso Rioja Crianza 2010, Spain (£7.95 The Wine Society)
Still young and feisty, this has a wealth of vanilla-tinged briar and strawberry (fresh and tinned) flavour set in a framework of ever-s-slightly sawdusty oak. Maybe just a bit angular for real class, but lots of flavour and sensibly priced. B+