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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.8 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by LightDancer on 4/19/2024 & rated 92 points: This wine has really come together. Well balanced, still enticing fruit, backed with enough acidity. Still in its drinking window, probably has a few years left for well-cellared bottles. (59 views) | | | Tasted by LightDancer on 7/14/2018 & rated 89 points: Good wine, going with a Spanish brings a different set of taste profiles from the usual Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc! Lots of mineral and fruit underneath. Seemed a little out of balance, though. Still, full flavored and complemented the salmon dinner. (1199 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 7/13/2017: That's a biggin'. (2214 views) | | | Tasted by Papamoose on 2/28/2016 & rated 91 points: Scala dei (God's ladder) from Priorat makes a 100% Garnacha Bianca. A very nice wine, with an odd spiciness to it.
Pears, citrus, spiciness. A bit above medium acidity, quite dry, fairly fiery, below medium in body.
Nice both for company and to be paired with white meat dishes.
(#676) (2310 views) | | | Tasted by Blauweiss on 2/28/2016 & rated 91 points: Nose is full of flowers, honey and peach. taste is full bodied, with elegant acidity backing the lovely tropical fruits, with hints of flowers giving complexity. Long and delicate, this is great stuff! (2414 views) | | | Tasted by tb76 on 10/3/2015 & rated 92 points: Bold aromatics of citrus, minerality, orange, Granny Smith, impressive from opening - 2+ hours later. Long finish. (2554 views) |
| La Conreria d'Scala Dei Producer websiteSpain 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.Catalunya Map on weinlagen-infoPrioratAbout 100 kilometers from Barcelona, Priorat originated as a distinct recognized wine region in 1932, and was approved in 1954.
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