Toro
Bodega Numanthia-Termes Numanthia 2004
You'd think Toro was a new region given the press coverage lately, or the lack of in the past. But look at the vine age of a lot of the top wines and they're 40-100 years old. The Tempranillo vines for this wine are 70-100 years, cropping very low at 1 tonne per acre. The [...]
Telmo Rodriguez Gago 2004
I have a bit of a soft spot for this wine, it was one of the wines that turned me into a Spainophile. It seems that the hot dry, climate with a bit of help from the tinto de toro clone of Tempranillo is perfect to produce some very full on wines with regionally and great [...]
Bodegas y Vinedos Pintia 2002
Even though I'd had a look at this wine a week or so ago, I saw this in the cellar and thought that it would be perfect with an aged steak at La Luna. And it was great with the aged rump steak, it even handled the horse radish. We had a couple of nice [...]
Telmo Rodríguez Dehesa Gago ‘G’ 2005
According to the blurb on the front of the bottle, 2005 was the driest year on record in Toro, nothing more than a bit of due to keep the vines going. As with many areas of Europe in 2005, the summer heat didn't make it to the scorching levels of 2003 and allowed for [...]
Telmo Rodríguez Dehesa Gago ‘G’ 2004
A fun little wine this one. It is a joven style which sees no wood and is 100% Tinto de Toro, which in itself has a bit of a story. DNA test have shown that it is a clone of Tempranillo, however many still say that a lot of the older vines in Toro are [...]
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