Why This Bottle, Really? SM, Penedès, Partida Creus

By Andrew Tarlow

2016 SM, Penedès, Partida Creus, Catalonia, about $30 (US importer Zev Rovine).

SM from Partida Crues is a peculiar bottle of wine, a light, pale red from an indigenous grape, at 10 percent alcohol. It’s the exact opposite of what I and most people think of when they think of a Spanish red wine, which would be something that tastes of lots of oak, with d…