Archive for September, 2007
Alion 2003
The release of the latest vintage of Alion is always one of my highlights of the year, I have more Alion in the cellar than anything single other wine. It helps that it used to be a third of the price. For some reason, the 2003 is not labelled as Reserva, but the treatment is [...]
Reduction that apears to be Brett?
I posted this on the Boccaccio forum last week, I though I'd post it here as well. Here is a quote from Vega Sicilia wine maker Xavier Ausás. He is talking about 1994 Alion at a vertical tasting of Alion 1991-2003: "There are different phases for ageing of Ribera. After bottling it is depressed and [...]
Marques de Riscal Reserva 2003
If you are very observant you will notice that the thumbnail for this post is much better than normal. That's mostly due to the iimage plug-in breaking with the upgrade to 2.3. I did this one in Photoshop, I think I will keep it that way in the future. Anyway on to the important stuff. [...]
R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia Rosado 1997
Now its not every day that you drink a ten year old rose. Many would ask why you would want to. You may be aware that some of the great wines of Rioja spend a lot of time in oak, some times more than 10 years. However most people would assume that this is only [...]
Software Upgrade
Just a quick note to say that I’ve upgraded to the latest version of WordPress over the last day. I think it went fairly well, but if you see something not quite right on the site (apart from the content!), just leave a comment here. Thanks Dave
Luis Pato Tinto 2005
I'm a bit flat out at the moment so, just a quick note today. The Tinto is Luis Pato's basic baga wine, its made from 90% Baga and 10% Touriga Nacional. I've been impressed by these wines, it is a great range and if you a interesting in Portuguese wine or maybe just something different, [...]
Back Pocket Wines Castanets 2007
The Granite Belt region in Queensland seems to have had quite a few acres of Tempranillo planted over the past 5 or so years. This wine is made from 5 year old vines in the joven style, with partial carbonic maceration. The vines are D8V12 clone, which is a UC Davis clone and seems to be the main [...]
Quinta do Ameal Escolha 2004
The folks at Quita do Ameal say that their aim in life is to do great things with the Loureiro grape variety, and I think they are well on the way. This is a barrel fermented version, it has been highly acclaimed in the European wine press over the past year or so. The aromatics [...]
Bodegas Muga Blanco 2006
Here is another very appealing white Rioja. There seems to be a movement to fresh, easy drinking white wines in Rioja over the past 10 or so years. With the allowance of a couple of non-traditional white varieties in Rioja by the OIPVR (Organización Interprofesional del Vino de Rioja), perhaps Rioja Chardonnay/vuira blends will become [...]
Niepoort Late Bottled Vintage Port 2001
So what is an Late Bottled Vintage (LBV) port I hear you ask? Well basically, its a vintage port that is left in the barrel past the normal 2.5 years. Historically, it was left if barrel because an order had been cancelled or there was a lack of demand for that vintage. They usually stay in barrel [...]
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