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The Silver Route Old Vine Tempranillo Syrah 2020

Extremadura VdT

In days gone by La Ruta Via de la Plata saw silver traded from north to south in Spain. Our intrepid Buyer Jean-Marc travelled this ancient byway in search of an affordable red bursting with character and flavour – and struck gold with this find.

Beyond the Label

Tasting notes

Medium-full with lush peppery bramble fruit, spice and smooth tannins

Aroma

Pronounced summer berry fruits with spicy vanilla

The Silver Route Old Vine Tempranillo Syrah 2020

More information

  • 14.5% ABV
  • 10.88 Units
  • 750.00 ml
  • 31 December, 2025
  • Vegan

The Silver Route (named after La Ruta Via de la Plata) is a very appealing red from Extremadura in western Spain. This frontier region is the size of Switzerland, yet has just a million inhabitants. It also has an abundance of cork trees, oaks, black Iberian pigs, and old vines, the age of which ensures intense, ripe, juicy wines. And that’s what you’ll enjoy here. Vibrant, strawberry rich Tempranillo, turbo charged with peppery, black, brambly Syrah, with that concentration only sun-baked, low yielding, old vines deliver. Delicious proof that “the most exciting aspect of modern Spain is not what is new, but what is old: ancient vines in undiscovered places” (FT Weekend). Lovely on its own, even better with barbecued kebabs or Spanish ham.

"Bang on the money. Everything I wanted from a Tempranillo. Easy drinking, depth and lingering fruit" Online Review
For the 2019 vintage
Map showing Extremadura VdT
Tasting note information