Archive for June, 2006
Bodegas Muga Torre Muga 1996
This is one of the modern wines made by Bodegas Muga, the other is call Aro. As always with Muga it is a blend: 75% Tempranillo, 15% Mazuelo and 10% Graciano. The big change is 18 months in new french oak. Very vibrant, but deep color. A powerful and complex nose, stacks of dark plum, aniseed [...]
Cims de Porrera Priorato “Solanes” 2001
These guys are apparently one of the stalwarts of Carinena (Mazyelo in Rioja or Carignan in France) for quality wines in Priorat. This wine is a great little blend of 90% Crinaena and 10% Grenacha. I could drink Priorat wines all day, pity about the pricing… A deep red core, browning at the edges. Great [...]
Telmo Rodríguez Dehesa Gago ‘G’ 2004
A fun little wine this one. It is a joven style which sees no wood and is 100% Tinto de Toro, which in itself has a bit of a story. DNA test have shown that it is a clone of Tempranillo, however many still say that a lot of the older vines in Toro are [...]
Bodegas Bretón “Loriñon” Reserva 2000
Bretón is a traditional bodega from Rioja Alta. The Lorinon vineyard is a low-yielding estate vineyard with an average vine age of 25 years. The classic Riojan blend of 85% Tempranillo, 5% Mazuelo, 5% Graciano and 5% Garnacha with 19 months in American Oak (25% new oak) and a further 12 months in bottle before [...]
Penin Guide to Spanish Wine (2006)
This is an invaluable guide for anyone with an interest in Spanish wine. For many years this guide was available only in Spanish, but it has been published in english since 2005. You could equate this guide to the popular Australian guides by James Haliday or Jeremy Oliver. It is two books really, the first [...]
Gran Feudo Reserva 2000
A blend of the indginous Tempranillo (80%) and the French Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot (the remaining 20%) . I find these blends a bit hit and miss at times, the Cabernet seems to dominate and can add some green/herbal characters that seem out of place in such a wine. Not so with this one, it [...]
Bodegas Roda Roda II Reserva 2001
It seems like every wine blog or website out there has an article or two on how great the 01 Roda wines are. And who I am to argue, they are fantisic wines. I prefer Roda I generally, but it needs 5-8 years to show its stuff, the 01 will be a great wine in [...]
Valdubon Roble 2003
Needing a drink after work, I spotted this in the wine section of one of the big department stores. It turns out that this label is put out by the good people at Freixnet. No real details on the wine available, 100% Tinto del Pais (Tempranillo) and I'm assuming that its a joven that sees [...]
La Rioja Alta Gran Reserva 904 1994
La Rioja Alta is one of the big names in old school Rioja, I'll let their website do the talking for the wine: "Tempranillo (85%) with the addition of Graciano and Mazuelo. Matured 5 years in cask and 4 in bottle. Bright, brick-red color, with a touch of gold. This wine has a complex harmonious [...]
Bodegas Muga Prado Enea Gran Reserva 1991
A traditional wine from the chaps at Bodegas Muga, one of my favourite old school producers. A blend of 80% Tempranillo, 20% Garnacha, Mazuelo and Graciano Aged for 12 months in wooden vats, 36 months in American oak barrels and at least 36 months in bottle before release. True to is roots, this is a [...]
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