This wine is made from 29 ha of high-grown (550 metres) Sauvignon planted in red limey clay at Santa Marà­a de Miralles, blended with 10 per cent Parellada; half of the Sauvignon is barrel-fermented

Mireia Torres has used the new DO of Catalunya (which permits the blending of fruit from different sub-regions of Catalonia) to create this typical Mediterranean white blend of 80 per cent Xarel-lo (h

Dark for Pinot, though not alarmingly so. Attractively scented, in a round, sweet, full-fruited style marked by warm strawberry fruit given a little floral lift and charm.

Torres has acquired 7 ha of vineyard in Ribera del Duero (as well as 49 ha in Toro, 160 ha in Jumilla and 100 ha in Priorat), though this initial release was made with purchased fruit.

Delicate, subtle scents of lemon zest and citrus leaf, with balanced, elegant and restrained flavours: softly varietal, with a smoky edge. Shapely, fresh and very drinkable.

Mas La Plana is made from 29 ha of Cabernet Sauvignon grown in calcareous alluvium over gravel, next to the Torres family house at Pacs del Penedès.

This rarity is a Bordeaux blend (Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot) made from just 2 ha of vines at Santa Margarita d'Agulladolৠ(360 metres above sea level) plus a small parcel of Cabernet Franc from

Unquestionably the most 'Catalan' of the Torres range, Grans Muralles is, perhaps not coincidentally, also the most challenging of Torres' red wines.

Full garnet-red in colour, with warm cedar-strawberry scents, almost as if the Cabernet was acquiring a hint of Tempranillo as it ages.

Light and brick-red in the glass, with rapidly evolving aromas of cream and sweet, almost tawny-port-like fruit (this wine was given 24 months in American oak).