A whim, a rush or wanting to look good with your brother-in-law, father-in-law or neighbor when disembarking may be the reasons for wanting to buy something in the duty free From the airport. There are two Spains in summer: the one that gets up early and the one that flees, and the one that flees also bustles and fills airports.
As is logical, not all airports in Spain have the same space for duty free nor the same wines, but if you go through some of the big airports in our country, you will surely find a Wider range of wines what you expected.
For capricious people or for souvenir lovers, or for all those who leave Spain and want to give their guest a gift, we bring you the best wines of the duty free From the airport so that you do not fail with the choice.
As usual, most of the wineries that are present in the duty free from the airport are well known and have their most renowned wines here. Also, and faithful to the character of Spain ink, there are many more references to red wines than to white wines or rosé wines.
Even so, there are winks that are worth seeing and that we have found at the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport although, we remember, the prices at the airport are not the bicoca that they were in the past. Just in case, we also leave you options outside the airport to buy them and compare prices to avoid surprises.
Don’t be surprised by the price or by finding it not close at hand in Barajas because this Le Naturel is a great wine. Fresh, based on a Garnacha from Navarra, this young wine is organic and one of the best options to get a good wine at a more than competitive price that can be even cheaper in Barajas than abroad.
The Pact 2020. DOCa Rioja
A surprise that you can find discounted at the airport —as of July 13, 2023— and that represents the values of Rioja with this monovarietal of tempranillo ecological that gathers grapes from different plots distributed throughout the area. Body, silkiness and a long drink for a wine aged for 14 months at a ridiculous price inside and outside the airport.
The Pact 2020. DOCa Rioja
Viñas del Vero Gewürztraminer 2022. DO Somontano
The price of this great wine does not usually vary much, a scented white and slightly sweet on the nosecompared to the price of the street with that of the airport, but it is a safe bet if we travel outside of Spain and want to surprise with a wine from Huesca, but with a grape of German origin that is already as Aragonese as the Virgen de la Peña itself .
Viñas del Vero Gewürztraminer 2022
Jean Leon 3055 2022. DO Penedes
An affordable, infallible and very light rosé, based on a Pinot noir from Penedès that you can find at a very similar price inside and out of the airport. Ideal for summer, but perfect for other circumstances, this Jean León rosé is a wine not to be missed.
Jean Leon 3055 Rose 2022
Santiago Ruiz 2022. DO Rias Baixas
The perfect definition of terroir with a Galician wine that fills several castes —that’s what the varieties are called in Galicia— white in this fresh, clean white, with a herbaceous point whose price between the exterior and the duty free it hardly changes, so we can be calm with the purchase of this wine that mainly contains Albariño grapes.
Sea of Frades 2022. DO Rias Baixas
Another one of those shining examples of modern Albariño. Fresh, saline memories and very easy to drink —especially in summer—, this Mar de Frades is one of the best-known wines in terms of Galician whites and its image, already an icon, another example of recognition outside and within our borders and what can you find cheaper at the airport that out of him
Sea of Frades Albariño 2022
Juvé & Camps Family Reserve 2018. DO Cava
There are not many sparkling wines in Spanish airports and those that do exist are extreme in terms of price or quality. Luckily, there is a range of quality and price that this Juvé & Camps Family Reserve occupies that guarantees a good cavawith a fine bubble and bakery funds, at a very even price between the airport and the street.
Juvé & Camps Family Reserve 2018
Arx 2019. IGP Cádiz
In this case, we are going to one of the little airport oddities with a wine from Cádiz. No, it is not a white or a fortified wine, but rather a red made mostly with tintilla of broken and syrah, that offer body and juiciness to this wine that can perform gastronomic tasks or simply be enjoyed in a relaxed glass.
Domain Fournier Crianza 2019. DO Ribera del Duero
Good value for money for a clear example of the new batch of Ribera del Duero wines where the country’s red grapes find an increasingly friendly barrel. The result is a red that, despite having body, maintains fruitiness and vivacity in the drink before giving way to the very attenuated nuances of the barrel for this wine that is somewhat more expensive in the duty free that out of him
Domain Fournier Crianza 2019
Lalomba Finca Lalinde 2022. DOCa Rioja
Lalomba is the Bodegas Ramón Bilbao project for its highest level wines and, if we talk about rosés, it is the case of Finca Lalinde. Smooth, fruity, with delicate aromas of red fruits and with a slightly herbaceous profile and aniseed, Finca Lalinde is a rosé that can speak face to face with the great roses of the world without ruffling.
Lalomba Finca Lalinde 2022
Roda Reserva 2019. DOCa Rioja
He heart of Rioja Alta It is manifested in this unique reserve that combines elegance, balance and durability. Character, finesse and a juicy profile that gradually gives way to the touches of a well-integrated wood for what can be recognized as a modern reserva by Rioja standards and that you will find something more expensive at the airport than outside.
Apostles Palo Cortado. DO Jerez-Xérès-Sherry
We totally changed the registry to emigrate to Jerez. In this case, with a emblem of Bodegas González-Byass at the cost of a very old cut stick, from one of the most renowned soleras in the house. If you want to surprise with old wines, with those mahogany and wood nuances, it is a perfect choice to seduce sherrylovers.
Apostles Palo Cortado Vors
Corimbo I. DO Ribera del Duero
Again in Castilian territory, another perfect representative that there is a great future in Ribera del Duero if organic vineyards are pursued and the grapes are taken care of. Fresh, intense and elegant, although with a lot of body, for those who seek the classic profile of Ribera wines in the first drink and who do not disdain the touch of wood —without going overboard—. Ideal for a gift.
Amontillado La Honda
We close the walk through Barajas returning to Jerez. In this case, to El Puerto de Santa María, where Osborne protects the soleras of Bodegas La Honda. Although he has a couple of younger brothers—a Fino and Fino Coquinero—, this amontillado is the pinnacle of the house and a brilliant and vibrant flash of almonds, well understood aging and those dry and varnished mahogany touches with which to surprise once again.
La Honda Amontillado en Rama
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