Archive for May, 2007
Romate La Sacristia de Romate PX NV
The La Sacristia reference in the name refers to the inner sanctum of the bodega that holds the oldest and most treasured sherries. For a long time this was the domain of the bodega owners, their trusted staff and the odd celebrity or official passing though Jerez. Some of the bodegas now sell some of [...]
Meandro do Vale Meão 2004
A bit of a quiet week drinks wise, this week. But I've had a couple of great wines over the last couple of days. This fantastic wine is from the Douro Valley and is a blend of 30% Touriga Nacional, 30% Tinta Roriz, 30%Touriga Franca, 5% Tinta Barroca and 5% Tinta Amarela. The vineyards here [...]
Alvear Solera 1927 PX
Its a strange thing this website/Internet caper. I spent a bit of time getting rid of a lot of the comment spamers and blog searcher last month but the statistics for this month have still gone up, around 6000 people have had a look at the site so far this month. It should have gone down [...]
Quinta do Vale Meao Vintage Port 2003
I visited Porto on my first Iberian trip and its an amazing place . Loads of history, you can just walk into most of the big name houses and do a basic tasting, fantastic people and amazing old buildings while that classic tile work. If the food was more to my taste and there were more Portugese wines available [...]
Descendientes de José Palacios Corullón 2004
Ok, another big name 04 wine. I think of all of the red wines of Spain, Mencia from Biezro is the real sleeper. I've only had a handful of wines from the region, but they have all been intriguing wines with real character and style, seemingly built for long term aging. I need some of [...]
Agusti Torello Mata Brut Rosat 2004
Now this rose style cava is something else. ATM are apparently the only cava house that only make cava, the rest of them also make table wines. Its made from a grape that I have very little information on: Trepat. From what I can find it is a specialist rose cava variety. The grapes are [...]
Vallformosa Classic Brut Rose NV
I seem to have gone a bit crazy for pink wines this month, here is a couple of pink cavas. This first one is from Vallformosa. I really like the MVSA, but the Rose isn't quite up at that level. There is nothing wrong with it, it just that nothing really stood out. Perhaps it needed food or I [...]
Telmo Rodriguez M2 de Matallana 2003
Here is a more detailed look at one of the wines at dinner last week, Telmo Rodriguez's middle tier wine from Ribera del Duero. Its all Tempranillo with about 13 months in French oak. A serious wine this one, very good drinking now but it will improve with some time in the cellar. Deep and dark [...]
El Quintanal 2006
Doesn't time fly? The 2005 edition of this wine was of the first wines I looked at when I started Tinto y Blanco and the 06 version is just about to be released. I'm starting to think this wine will become a must buy every year, sure I've only had two vintages but they are [...]
Artazuri Garnacha Rosado 2006
Rose style wines aren't just for summer when its 40 degrees and your sitting under a tree eating a dodgy ham and cheese roll from a picnic hamper. I like to drink rose all year round and it is a perfect match for so many foods. One of the key things with rose for me [...]
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