1999 Bodegas Magaña, Navarra Tinto Reserva

 Long-time readers of our Daily Discoveries might recall a brief period when we were able to feature the distinct pleasures of library wines from Bodegas Magaña. Well that tap ran dry three to four years ago, until just now! If you don’t recall or are a new subscriber here’s a refresher: Back in 1970, Juan Magaña acquired Merlot cuttings from the very nursery that supplies Pomerol’s Château Pétrus—undoubtedly among the world’s greatest wines. Today bottles of Pétrus can fetch anywhere between $2,500 to $7,000, and even that’s not a hard ceiling, which makes the sub $70 price tag of Juan’s 1999 Reserva downright shocking. Of course, without perfect provenance, this dark, savory, and deeply seductive red would be a shadow of its former self but, thankfully, we don’t have to worry about that–this vintage ‘99 is absolutely firing on all cylinders right now and I urge you to blind your fellow friends on it, especially those with ultra-expensive Bordeaux leanings. We have very precious few c