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| Community Tasting Notes (average 86 pts. and median of 85 pts. in 13 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Motz on 1/18/2019 & rated 90 points: Very interesting, somewhat sherry-like, though without the oftentimes obtrusive alcohol. The wine features tangible chalk and mineral substance on the palate, backed by appealing salinity and ultra-dry mead notes. A wine of the earth to its core. (1217 views) | | | Tasted by studleytrey on 10/16/2018 & rated 91 points: Well, this is interesting. I can see where it isn't for everyone. This wine is not about the fruit, and I'm definitely getting some sherry like vibes. It's light golden in color. The nose is nutty, oily, and peaty, with some smoke, waxy yellow fruit, and chalky minerality. Full bodied, with medium(+) acid, long finish, a little viscosity, and great texture. On the palate it kind of reminds me of Calvados with its apple, light oxidative quality, and touch of alcoholic warmth, complicated by saline and minerality. Better as it both aired out and warmed a bit. Over the course of drinking with dinner and sipping for several hours after, this bottle grew from "interesting, but probably wouldn't purchase again" to "wow, I'm actually really enjoying this" *pulls up winesearcher*. (1154 views) | | | Tasted by pjgo123 on 4/28/2018: We poured it out. Undrinkable (1166 views) | | | Tasted by clarsen7 on 4/25/2018 & rated 83 points: A bit fruit forward for me (1013 views) | | | Tasted by prof b on 4/6/2018 & rated 85 points: Saline, with notes of stone fruits and minerality. A very interesting but uninspiring wine. (1147 views) | | | Tasted by Nojomoschwa on 2/24/2018 & rated 86 points: Really tried to like it (after reading the LG review), but just a bit one-note and uninspiring. Does essentially taste like Fino without fortification, but not a particularly complex one. (618 views) | | | Tasted by heythatslife on 2/13/2018 & rated 85 points: Grabbed a bottle "for science." It's an interesting wine to be sure, but I didn't think it was that great. Definitely saw that this is fino minus the fortification, with the characteristic leesy flor notes. Stewed apple, musty orange, chamomile, green almond also on the nose. Acidity feels low. The thing is, other than being extremely quaffable (12% ABV), this doesn't do much for me what fino sherry hasn't been doing already, especially when the price differential for the latter is minimal and the quaffability comes at the cost of packing much less impact. (599 views) | | | Tasted by Grape_ape on 2/12/2018: interesting white. Get the slight reminiscence of sherry, nice minerality, saline, dry. (610 views) | | | Tasted by zhearr on 2/11/2018: I think it's stunning for the price. Nose layered and complex and some notes remind me of Champagne. Saline, savory, mineral, and as mind-bogglingly complex as sherry even without the long aging. Happy when paired with Xiaolongbao. 90-92 (304 views) | | | Tasted by mwneil on 2/11/2018 & rated 91 points: Unique white, basically a sherry wine, dry, good fruit, that sherry twang, a great wine with Chinese food, we had it with seared tuna with Chinese veggies and pork dumplings, great flavor from the palomino grape, will drink again. (405 views) | | | Tasted by srh on 9/9/2017: Taste Spanish Wines (San Diego Wine Co.): N: Attractively SMOKY with notes of minerals
P: LM, poss Lt, body; Nice frt met by an acidity which transitions into a LONG (albeit very slightly faint), tangy/swt finish. For now & through '18, *poss* longer. 12% ABV; [As of mid Mar '20, wine-searcher shows no available sources for this vintage].
Note: Although I neglected to record it, I suspect this was tasted WAY too cold. (597 views) |
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Wikipedia Article JHTMacharnudo On weinlagen-infoSpain 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.SpainRioja
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