September 2025 Tinto Wine Club

Jimbro 2019 "3" Regular Price: $36.99 Club Price: $31.44 Buy Now

Arribes del Duero is one of Spain’s most remote and striking wine landscapes, tucked along the natural park that borders Portugal in western Castilla y León. Here the Duero River cuts a deep canyon through granite and schist, creating wild terraces that have resisted mechanization for centuries. Vines cling to impossibly steep slopes, worked by hand and mule, and the region has remained largely untouched by the waves of modernization that swept other parts of Spain. The result is a viticultural preserve where biodiversity thrives and old vines of long-forgotten grapes survive against the odds, producing wines that speak with a raw, authentic voice of place.

Bodegas Jimbro was born in 2010 out of a group of friends who wanted to honor this landscape by preserving its ancient vineyards and reviving the nearly lost heritage of Arribes. From the start, the project has been rooted in organic viticulture and minimal intervention, with an emphasis on sustainability that even extends to ecological beekeeping. Their winery is small in scale but ambitious in vision, seeking not to replicate more famous Spanish styles but to capture the essence of these rugged terraces and the rare grapes that grow on them. Production is painstakingly artisanal, often measured in just a few thousand bottles, each one carrying the weight of history and the passion of the people behind it.  In addition to the wines, we can't wait to bring you their organic honey to you at some point in the future. 

The true treasures of Jimbro lie in the unique varieties they champion, grapes that exist almost nowhere else. Chief among them is Bruñal, a grape nearly extinct until rescued from century-old vines in Fermoselle, yielding wines of profound concentration, sweet tannins, and haunting elegance. Alongside it, they craft reds from blends including Rufete and Juan García, both indigenous to the Duero’s far-flung corners, lending aromatic lift and rustic charm. For whites, Jimbro works with Puesta en Cruz, genetically linked to Portugal’s Rabigato but nearly unknown in Spain, producing whites of piercing acidity and remarkable longevity. These grapes are not just curiosities; they are living fossils of Iberia’s wine past, and in Jimbro’s hands, they are given a modern stage without losing their authenticity.

We’re especially thrilled to share that The Spanish Table is the first wine shop on the West Coast to feature the wines of Jimbro. Our friend Juan Antonio Pérez discovered this remarkable estate and has taken it on as a personal project to introduce them to the U.S., and we couldn’t be prouder to be the first to carry them. From the very first tasting, we were floored not only by the sheer quality of each bottle, but also by their uniqueness—the combination of a relatively unknown region and truly exotic, nearly forgotten varietals makes them unlike anything else in our portfolio. Add to that the winery’s charming bee logo and thoughtful, organic philosophy, and the entire package captured our hearts as much as our palates. It is rare that a single estate "stacks" our whole club, but this one is worth it.

Jimbro 3 brings together the three hallmark grapes of Arribes—Bruñal, Rufete, and Juan García—from old vines scattered across Fermoselle, Pinilla, and Aldeadávila. The blend is vibrant and expressive, with the depth and dark fruit of Bruñal, the lifted aromatics of Rufete, and the rustic, spicy edge of Juan García. The result is a wine that feels both wild and polished, with notes of dried flowers, ripe berries, and a subtle herbal character carried on fine, persistent tannins.  Out of the four Jimbro wines, the "3" was my personal favorite.  Unlike any red I've had of late, and every since the "Pirita" Juan Garcia a few clubs back, this corner of Spain and these grapes have won my heart.  I hope they win yours, too!  - BMS 

Mira da O 2018 Druida Regular Price: $56.00 Club Price: $47.60 Buy Now

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, the Dão wine region in Portugal is seriously underrated. While most consumers think of the powerful and jammy reds of the Douro when they think of Portuguese wine, the Dão’s wine production leans much more towards more delicate, earthy, medium-lighter bodied styles of wine making (Pinot lovers rejoice). No better is this exemplified in the winemaking of Nuno Mira do Ó.

Nuno is somewhat of a renaissance man in the wine world. True, he is the sole winemaker behind his self-named Mira do Ó winelabel, but he also is a sort of curious treasure hunter. In his spare time he can be found scouring vineyards across the Iberian peninsula and, driven by nothing other than curiosity and passion, hunts down rare, indigenous varieties and ancestral clones of regional grapesvines. So as Nuno is following his nose, and we are following Nuno, we were delighted to discover of all the places he could have set up shop, he chose the granitic soils of the Dão. 

His vineyards are located in São João de Lourosa, between Viseu and Silgueiros, on a wide plateau on the right (north) side of the Dão river. While granite is a big player in the terroir of his grapevines, the topsoil also has a decent amount of clay, which aids with waterer retention in drier years, leading to pleasantly consistent wines. An elevation of around 500 meters allows cool evening air to preserve the grapes’ acidity. 

The grapes that go into his Druida label come from mature 35 year old vines. While the yield for each plant is quite low, the concentration and complexity of his fruit is consequentially high. This wine’s blend is composed of Jaen (40%), Alfrocheiro (30%), Touriga Nacional (30%), but as with most Dão wines, there may very well be a whole swath of other grapes lurking in the vineyard. 

Given Nuno is already working with high quality fruit, his winemaking approach is generally reserved. Fermented in open top vats, or lagares, and foot treading is really all he does to bring the wine into being. An 18 month in French oak, with only about 10% of which is new, allows the wine to showcase its fruit profile, with only a hint of woodsy spice. The wine is ruby in color, with notes of black pepper, cinnamon, cherry, violet flowers and an untamed vegetal freshness, classic to the Dão. Elegant and structured, the has a bit more power that some of its Dão counterparts, but makes up for it with inviting silky tannins. Enjoy with tinned pulpo or a prego sandwich!