Archive for August, 2007
Coto de Hayas Crianza 2003
An interesting blend of 60% Garnarcha and 40% Tempranillo from Campo de Borja. It gets 8 months in French oak. I seem to prefer the straight Garnarcha wines from this region more, but this was a good mid-week glug for the price. Deep, dark red in the centre of the glass, with some purple moving towards the [...]
Quinta do Ameal Loureiro 2005
This is a wine that Gary Walsh would like, its like a cross between hunter semillon and a young riesling. This wine comes from 12 hectares of Loureiro in the Lima sub region of Vinho Verde and is a low 11.5% alc. Perfect lunch time hooch. The owners of this property sold the port house [...]
Albariño de Fefiñanes “1583″ 2005
Now this is something a little bit left of centre. Even the name 1853 is a bit odd. You'd think it was the date of the establishment of the vineyard or the date of some great happening in Spain, but its actually the birth year of the guy who built the Palacios de Fefiñanes. Redardless [...]
Flor de Crasto 2004
This is the early drinker from the guys and girls and Quinta do Crasto. Its a blend of mostly Tinta Roriz and the two Tourigas: Nacional and Franca. That's about all the info I have a the moment, I'll update this post when I get some more info. Regardless, this is a very handy wine [...]
Palacio de Bornos Verdejo 2006
Verdejo is one of my favorite wines to take to a Thai or Vietnamese restaurant. It copes really well with the spread of flavours, salt, oil and chili while adding lemon and fennel bulb that enhances the whole experience. This is a very good example and does the job with ease. Pale straw in colour [...]
Bodegas Muga Rosado 2006
Bodegas Muga take a slightly different path to make their rosado. The wine is made from a blend of two red grapes, Garnarcha (60%) and Tempranillo (10%), and a white grape, Viura (30%). After 12 hours of skin contact, it is then fermented in bit old oak vats, stored there for about 2 months then [...]
Conde de Valdemar Reserva 2001
I really liked the 2000 vintage of this wine, and the 2001 is a more than worthy follow on. How these guys get such quality at such a low price is beyond me. Quality fruit from a top vintage, extended aging in quality barrels and more time in bottle often leads to much higher prices, [...]
Cillar de Silos Rosado 2006
Its been a bit quiet on the wine front lately, but I've just stocked up with a load of new stuff including a couple of rosados. Not many roses are made from very old vines, but as I've said before, rosados are a very important section of the wine market in Spain, well most of [...]
The Spanish Acquisition August Tasting
For some reason I decided not to write up tastings when I started out, something about not being able to do the wine justice in such a small window. I'm still not happy to give a full tasting note or score from a tasting, but I now think a quite impression is more helpful than [...]
Quinta do Vale D. Maria Vintage Port 2003
Cristiano van Zeller is a fairly big name in the Port game. He was part owner in one of the most prestigious port houses, Quinta do Noval, for many years and branched out on his own in 1993. He started off making table wines and when the lease came up on his wife's family vineyard, [...]
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