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| Drinking window: Drink between 2014 and 2023 (based on 137 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.3 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 11 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Intellectual Sasquatch on 1/22/2021 & rated 89 points: Still drinking well. Didn’t change my life, but certainly enjoyable. (423 views) | | | Tasted by Intellectual Sasquatch on 5/8/2020 & rated 89 points: Dark, ripe fruit on the nose. Needed about an hour to come around, but evolved into a decent “Wednesday night with pizza” kinda wine. Not going to improve at this point. (489 views) | | | Tasted by Lomingen on 8/19/2018 & rated 88 points: Die so typischen Kirschen habe ich nicht gefunden. Mehr Pflaumen, Brombeeren. Etwas Würze, Leder würde ich sagen. Etwas später treten die Pflaumen noch deutlicher zum Vorschein. Auf jeden Fall braucht der Wein Zeit und Luft. Welch ein schöner Wein. Davon sollte ich noch mehr beschaffen. (762 views) | | | Tasted by Christian von Dresky on 5/1/2018 & rated 88 points: Aus der geöffneten Flasche steigen Kirscharomen, die aber schnell verfliegen. Im Glas gibt der Villacreces sich erst verschlossen aber nicht uncharmant. Nach ca 1 Stunde kommen Blaubeeren, Campher und Teer zum Vorschein. Hin und wieder blitzen schwarze Johannisbeeren auf und ich vermute die sind Zeugen des Cabernet Sauvignon Anteils im Wein. Die Tannine sind gut entwickelt und von angenehmer Präsenz und eine gewisse Cremigkeit stellt sich ein. Zusammen mit einer Thunfischlasagne hat der Villacreces durchaus genuss bereitet. Ich habe den Eindruck es bleibt ein Rest von Unfertig-Sein und ich bin nicht sicher ob er das je ablegen wird aber sicherlich habe ich es nicht bereut diese Flasche erworben und getrunken zu haben. Wäre das bei 6 Flaschen anders? (875 views) | | | Tasted by njsinger on 1/16/2016 & rated 91 points: Strong oak on nose, then dark fruit. More acid than tannin, good concentration and weight. (1468 views) | | | Tasted by Bill Bucklew on 7/20/2015 & rated 88 points: Very consistent with the last note in a good spot now (1359 views) | | | Tasted by Bill Bucklew on 11/12/2014 & rated 88 points: Fairly ripe fruit nose with red plum and macerated cherries. Medium plus body and medium acidity, blacker fruit on the palate black cherry and dark chocolate, the mid palate is extracted. Picked up some weight with air. (1473 views) | | | Tasted by carstenf on 11/18/2013 & rated 85 points: Simple Ribera. From the start nice round smell , but the taste did not follow. After 1-2 hours in the bottle if helpt a bit
and perhaps it got a bit better. Nothing to bye again , though. (1536 views) | | | Tasted by RussK on 10/1/2013 & rated 90 points: Russk. Stacole tasting at Rubell. 90- (1630 views) |
| Finca Villacreces 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.Castilla y León Castilla y León Wine (Turismo Castilla y León )Ribera del Duero El Corazón del Duero - The Heart of Duero (Consejo Regulador de la D.O. Ribera del Duero) |
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