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| Community Tasting Notes (average 85.5 pts. and median of 86 pts. in 12 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by TheWrongAlex on 3/3/2014 & rated 91 points: Tar and plum nose. Tobacco, blackberry flavors with a nice long finish. Still plenty of life in this wine. (1075 views) | | | Tasted by Pour Boy on 2/21/2014 & rated 80 points: Disappointing -- I was expecting so much more from this Gran Reserva. Non-descript nose, thin wine on the palate, no finish. I've had his for three years, so couldn't tell you if it was better in its youth. (1252 views) | | | Tasted by gino'svino on 11/23/2012 & rated 89 points: Wine stll amazingly fresh with a good dark purple color with little signs of aging on the wine despite being 11 years old. Drank during Thanksgiving with turkey and roast pork loin. The wine had a slight sour component that I didn't remember. Still good, but didn't seem to match the meal as well as I hoped. Went well with the cranberry sauce. (2064 views) | | | Tasted by gino'svino on 5/31/2012 & rated 91 points: Came in first in tasting of four 2001 Tempranillo Reserva wines. Smooth yet fresh. (2458 views) | | | Tasted by jpinsb on 12/23/2011 & rated 92 points: I ordered this 2001 in spite of mixed reviews on Cellar Tracker, with numerical ratings ranging from the high 70s to 90 (and posted under two different CT entries for the same wine), hoping that the higher reviews would more accurately describe the wine. I was not dissapointed, except to note that the higher ratings appeared to UNDERrate this wine. This 10-year old wine was not only vibrant in color (deep purple) and fruit (with not a touch of thinness around the meniscus), but seemed to have achieved a near perfect balance of tannins and plum and chery fruit, delicious upon opening and growing over an hour in the glass, with mid to long finish. I reordered a case from winechateau.com before others discovered the same thing. Using the listed rating scale, this is truly an outstanding (90-95 point wine). There's a lot of life left in this one. (3196 views) | | | Tasted by mr21cbs on 12/2/2011 & rated 84 points: Nice bright red color. Nose of crushed cherries, spice, and red current. Really thin on the palate, with some mild tannins. Smooth, given the age, but very short finish. Not at all appalling, but expected much more from a bottle of Gran Reserva with some age to it. (2391 views) |
| Bodegas Virgen del Águila Producer websiteTempranillo BlendTempranillo is the backbone of wines made ihvhhcn the best well-known Spanish regions Rioja and Ribera del Duero, but is also grown as far afield as Mexico and Australia.
As a flavor profile, red fruits like strawberries and cherries can predominate - but with a rustic edge. The Many wines made from Tempranillo will spend a few years in barrel and bottle before reaching the consumers . Many Tempranillo-based wines see a few years of oak - add that to a few years of bottle and the wine can give a subtle - and occasionaly not-so-subtle - leathery mouthfeel. The combination of the tart fruit and tannins make this wine very food friendly.Spain Vinos de España - Wines of Spain (Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior) | Wikipedia
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Spain is the third largest wine producing nation in the world, occupying the majority of the Iberian Peninsula with vast diversity in climate, culture, and of course, wine. From inky, dark reds of the [Priorat] to dry, white Finos from Andalusia, Spain can easily boast of elaborating a wide variety of notable styles. Within Spain there are currently 62 demarcated wine regions, of which a handful have gained international recognition: [Rioja], Priorat and [Ribera del Duero]. Yet these regions are only a small sample of the high quality wines Spain produces. Regions such as Cava, Penedes, Somontano, Galicia, Rueda and Jerez are only a few of the numerous regions worthy of exploration throughout Spain. Spain can also lay claim to having the most land under vine in the world, growing up to, by some accounts, 600 indigenous varietals of which Tempranillo is their most well known. Other popular varietals include [Garnacha], Bobal and Monastrell for reds and for whites; the infamous [sic] Palomino Fino grape which is used in the production of sherry wine, Pedro Ximenez in Montilla Morilles, Albarino used in the creation of the bright, effervescent wines of Galicia, and Verdejo in Rueda. - Source: - Catavino.net
Spain is not in the forefront of winemaking for its dessert wines, other than for its sweet wines from Sherry country including the highly revered Olorosos (when sweetened). But apart from Sherry Spain has a range of styles of dessert wines, ranging from the those made from the Pedro Ximenez grape primarily in Jerez and Montilla-Moriles) to luscious, red dessert wines made in the Mediterranean from the Garnacha (Grenache) grape. Some good Moscatels are made in Mallorca, Alicante and Navarre. The northwest corner of Spain, Galicia, with its bitter Atlantic climate, is even making dessert wines, called “Tostadillos” in the village of Ribadivia (similar to France’s “Vin de Paille”). The Canary Islands have made interesting dessert wines for centuries (they are mentioned by Shakespeare, for example) and in recent years the quality of winemaking has been improved and the Canary Islands wines are being better marketed now. The winemaking styles for “Vinos Dulces” are also diverse, from “Late Harvest” (Vendimia Tardía) to “Fortified Wines” (Fermentación Parcial). Based on in-spain.info.Aragón Aragon (wikipedia) |
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