One of the best buys year in and year out is Bodegas Nekeas’ old vine Grenache cuvee called Vega Sindoa El Chaparral. The 2002 is fashioned from 60-100-year old Grenache vines yielding 1.25 tons of fruit per acre. The wine is aged on its lees in French oak for eight months. A light ruby color is accompanied by a medium-bodied effort with good underlying acidity as well as a peppery, spicy, leathery, sweet raspberry, cherry, and kirsch-scented nose. This is the Spanish equivalent of a tasty French Cotes du Rhone. Drink it over the next 2-3 years. Importer: Jorge Ordonez, Fine Estates From Spain, Dedham, MA; tel. (781) 461-5767