Valdespino Quina Aperitivo Jerezano GERAUS Salmon-pink hues introduce floral and

Salmon-pink hues introduce floral and red fruit aromas

David Marcel and Loreto Garau make theirs from old vines in Maule (some of the plantings date to the 1890s)

and about as far from a Bordeaux cliche as you can get

The vineyards

Valdespino Quina Aperitivo Jerezano GERAUS Salmon-pink hues introduce floral andBefore quinine ended up in tonic water, it went into wine. Quina is that older tradition: a Jerez wine base, fortified and steeped with cinchona bark and a cast of botanicals until it turns bittersweet and pleasantly medicinal. Valdespino's version comes from one of the oldest houses in Jerez and it tastes like it, with real sherry character underneath the bitterness, all dried fruit and nutty depth, and a quinine edge that snaps the whole thing back