A quirky Spanish white with aromatic allure

This is the sort of wine that I used to drink at the great El Bulli restaurant, says Matthew Jukes.

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2013 Lapola, Dominio do Bibei,Ribeira Sacra, Spain (£19.95, Caviste, 01256-771080, caviste.co.uk).

Succulent, juicy, layered and exotic, this is an epic example of a top flight, quirky white wine, and it could only come from northwestern Spain, such is its unique aromatic allure.Designed for languid, al fresco sipping,accompanied by top end tapas, this is a unique and spellbinding creation.

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The second wine, again from this part of the world, is 2013 Leirana, Albario Joven, Forjas del Salnes, Ras Baixas (£16.95). I am always taken by the albario grape variety, but few wines set the pulse racing like this one. Aromatically, there are similarities between this wine and Lapola, but texturally this is a leaner, edgier creature, which could handle spice and also chilli. Both amazing, both eccentric and both memorable don't choose between them, buy both!

Matthew Jukes is a winner of the International Wine & Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year (matthewjukes.com).

Matthew Jukes
Matthew Jukes
Wine columnist

Matthew Jukes has been the MoneyWeek wine correspondent since 2006.

He has worked in the UK wine business for well over three decades and during this time has written 14 wine books. His four highly-acclaimed, annual wine reports – the Burgundy En Primeur Report, the Bordeaux En Primeur Report, the Piemonte Report and the 100 Best Australian Wines – are published on his website.

Matthew is a winner of the International Wine and Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year Trophy. His thoughts, recommendations and tastings notes are followed very closely by the wine world at large.