Archive for February, 2007
Fusta Nova Moscatel 2005
I've been a bit slow on tasting notes, a trip up to Sydney and work have go tin the way. I've got a couple of monastrells to look at this week as well. I think this is the first wine from Valencia I've had here in Australia. And its good too, no two-fruits and Pez [...]
San Vicente 2003
Its been a hot, humid week in Melbourne. Not really red wine weather. But I've been busting to try this wine for a couple of weeks now, so I cranked up the air con and put this in a decanter. There are couple of things that make this wine unique. Firstly, its made from Tempranillo [...]
Herederos de Argueso San Leon Manzanilla
I was out at lunch last week and ordered a glass of Manzanilla to kick things off. One of the guys said "I'll have one too". I was quite surprised, so I said "you know I just ordered Sherry?" "Oh, I thought you ordered a refreshing white wine" was his reply. And he was right. At 15% [...]
Bodegas Felix Solis Vina Albali Gran Reserva 1998
Valdepeñas is a DO that you don't hear a lot about, but there are some classic wines produced at very good prices. This wine is very Riojan in style, Tempranillo aged in American oak for 24 months. This has to be one of the best value wines from Spain. Plum red in the glass, with [...]
Bodegas del Palacio de Fefiñanes Albariño De Fefiñanes 2005
This bodega is one of the oldest in Rias Brixas (with the longest name too!), started in 1904, and they were the first to bottle an albariño wine in 1928. And what a wine it is, possibly the best Spanish albariño I've had to date. A great wine to put in a blind line up, [...]
Condes de Albarei Albariño 2005
Albariño certainly seems to be popular at the moment. I'm not sure how its selling, but there are at least 8 very good wines available in Australia now, not bad for a white wine from Spain. Condes de Albarei is a fairly old co-op of 400 growers with 170 hectares of Albariño in the Salnes Valley, from which they [...]
Dominio Espinal Rosado 2005
Here is the second Rosado, this one is from the other end of the country. From southern Spain, Yecla to be exact. Made from 100% Monastrell. As you would expect, it is a very different style than the Coto de Hayas. Deeper red colour, light cherry and spice, but still very drinkable all the same. This shows [...]
Coto de Hayas Rosado 2005
While its still warm I thought I'd have a look at some more Rosados. I have two from very different areas of Spain, but both very good. This one is from Campo de Borja and its made from a mix of Garnacha, Tempranillo and Cabernet. The free run juice has 6 hours on skins. I [...]
Capcanes Lasendal 2004
I've always like this wine, but the 2004 is something else. Bursting with flavour and a good lick of acid. Garnacha with 15% Syrah thats aged in french and american oak for 10 months. Its very reasonably priced for what it is too. This wine jumps out of the bottle with a great nose of blackberry and dark cherry, a [...]
Telmo Rodriguez Matallana 2003
This is another birthday wine, it sat in the decanter for a couple of hours while we drank the Unico. First released in 1999, Matallana is Telmo's top wine from Ribera del Duero, 100% Tempranillo that sees time in French oak. This seems like such a young wine, very powerful, but not over the top. [...]
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