Old vine Garnacha. In a can. It is a combination that raises eyebrows — and then, on the first sip, raises a smile. The Canned Wine Co. was founded on a simple and brilliant premise: that great wine should be as easy to enjoy as possible, without ceremony, without a corkscrew, and without compromise on quality. And old vine Garnacha from Spain is the perfect grape to prove the point. Garnacha — Grenache in French — is one of the world’s great red varieties, and in Spain it reaches its most characterful and compelling expression in the old, gnarled vines that have been growing in the same soils for decades, sometimes centuries, producing tiny yields of fruit of extraordinary concentration and depth. The 2016 is a wine of real personality and charm: aromas of chocolate-coated cherries and cassis on the nose, with vanilla spice that gives a lovely warmth and sweetness. On the palate it is warming and generous, with a good tang of racy acidity that keeps everything fresh and lively — black cherry and bright strawberry fruit, smooth tannins, and a lovely touch of cherry stone almond on the finish that is quite distinctive and completely beguiling. Grippy dark cocoa rounds it all out with a depth and persistence that you simply do not expect from a 250ml can. At £4.99, it is the most unpretentious and completely delightful glass of serious Spanish red you will find anywhere.