Tinto y Blanco- Adventures in Spanish Wine

Bodega Teso la Monja Almirez 2007

By Dave Worthington ⋅ August 28, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments

If you remember Numanthia, the estate that the Egurens sold to LVMH in 2008, you’ll be familar with this wine. As far as I know, we never got the entry level wine from Numanthia but this is the direct replacement from the Eguren’s new estate, Teso la Monja. The will be a ‘premium’ and ’super-premium’ wine as well. Personally, I think this wine is a step up from the previous one from Numanthia, it is very savoury and shows some serious restraint in terms of winemaking, it’s not overoaked, it isn’t overworked, and the result is about as far from ’sunshine in a bottle’ that Toro is well known for, yet I can still see the classic Toro characters in there.

Campo Eliseo 2004

By Dave Worthington ⋅ July 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Now, everything about this wine is big. A comes in a big, heavy bottle, the wine itself it fairly big and it has some big, French names on the front label:Lurton and Rolland. I know a little about Mr. Rolland’s winemaking, but I’ve not knowingly had one of his wines…

Telmo Rodríguez Dehesa Gago 2008

By Dave Worthington ⋅ July 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

A quick write up of this old favourite. If you’ve been drinking this wine for years now, you’ll be a little surprised by this vintage. Suprised in a good way that is. It could be the biodynamics coming into effect, it could be a bit more rain this vintage, whatever it is, it’s working.

Prima 2006

By Dave Worthington ⋅ March 11, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

So this is a little number from the guys at Bodegas Mauro, a bit further west and south in Toro. They make two wines here, this wine as well as a top end wine San Roman. Prima means a female cousin in Spanish, so I’m assuming they lads thought that Toro is more of a cousin than a sister region to Ribera del Duero. Anyway, the wine is mostly Tinta de Toro (Tempranillo) with a dollop of Garnarcha. Its aged in a mix of French and American oak for 11 months.

Pintia 2004

By Dave Worthington ⋅ November 12, 2008 ⋅ 7 comments

I had a bottle of this about 3 months ago, unfortunately it was corked. Here is the replacement. This is a big, beautiful monster. Its also very young and needs to banished to the cellar for at least 5 years to sort itself out. The price is starting to get up there, I would personally go for Numanthia or Pago la Jara at this price point.

Auroch Toro 2006

By Dave Worthington ⋅ June 9, 2008 ⋅ 5 comments

I’ve got a couple of inexpensive wines in this week, I’ve been drinking a bit too well of late (not that I’m complaining). Not too many details here, all you need to know is that its an unoaked joven wine made from 100% tempranillo that’s juicy and fresh. It’s made by Ana Martin.

Telmo Rodriguez Pago la Jara 2005

By Dave Worthington ⋅ May 20, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

This is the top wine from Toro for Telmo Rodruigez and it must be hardest bottle in the world to take a photo of, its a good thing that the wine is bloody good. Toro generally grows big and bold fruit that can handle plenty of oak, so there is always a temptation to bung the wine in loads of new, high toast oak. As a result there are some oak milkshake type wines that come out of Toro, however this wine fruit shows through with great pruity and plenty of earthy, gamey character. There is some expertly handled oak in there too, but it’s aiming for best supporting actor, not the big gong.

Numanthia 2005

By Dave Worthington ⋅ April 7, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I drank this after getting home on Wednesday night, about 4 hours later than normal. A storm had taken out most of the public transport in Melbourne, as well as my fence! So something serious to drink was in order. I must say I prefer the style of the 05 to the 04, its more [...]

Telmo Rodriguez Gago 2005

By Dave Worthington ⋅ April 1, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I had a bit of night out on Friday night (more than a bit actually) and needed something comfortable and familiar to slip into on Saturday night. I lit a fire, got some good solid cheese and decanted this around 5pm. By 8 it was ready to go. I've been thinking about what is the [...]

Telmo Rodríguez Dehesa Gago ‘G’ 2006

By Dave Worthington ⋅ July 30, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

I've had a bit of a cold the last few days, but I've got a few notes up my sleeve from earlier in the week. Its good to see a wine label with a bit of truth to it. The Dehesa Gago front label usually has a bit of a tale about the vintage, this [...]

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