Bilaire 2024

Ten euros — and six months in French oak.

Ben: The same family that grows the stubborn white Merseguera makes this from dry-farmed Monastrell bush vines in the hills behind Alicante. It gets six months in French oak — kept deliberately short, so the fruit talks louder than the wood.

In your glass: Warm, dark and generous: a mouth-filling southern red with a soft touch of oak and only a quiet freshness — comfort over energy. Nothing here needs studying. Pick it when you want the fireplace feeling without opening something you have to think about.

Serve it: As it comes if your room is cool; otherwise 10 minutes in the fridge.

You’ll probably love it if: You need a house red for the season: ten euros — and six months in French oak.

Skip it if: Want freshness over warmth → Schlado (€17.50), serve it cool. Want white from the same family at the same money → Bilaire Blanco (€9.90).