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| Drinking window: Drink between 2019 and 2022 (based on 11 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 85 pts. and median of 85 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Tim Heaton on 6/11/2020: My wife is working her way through the second case, so I thought I'd pour a small glass. Fail. Seems a bit too industrial for my taste, with packaged yeast, white and yellow fruit that seem more manufactured than grown. She loves it, and it's cheap (in the full sense of the word), so by extension, I love it too. Ok, I don't. Decent patio sipper or picnic wine, but no more. Some Godello can age beautifully, this isn't one of them. 12,5% abv. NR (1178 views) | | | Tasted by Katimbibe on 11/23/2019 & rated 85 points: Not the most appealing nose - autolytic notes of bread dough, lanolin, wet wool and a hint of cashew nut.
Palate very Chablis like - wet stones, starfruit and a very long, salinous mineral finish.
This wine needs food.
Worked well with Waitrose 1 Gouda and black pepper thins followed by a fish pie. (547 views) | | | Tasted by "Rhône Rider" on 11/12/2019: Sitrus, blomster, nøtter, mineraler. Fresh, lang og mineralsk. 87-88. (476 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 11/2/2019: Mighty Mencia and the Val de Sil (Prince Sydney, 40 Hansard Street): Green melon, pear, a little fresh herbs, touch of sulphur. Juicy, fleshy, herby with pear and pear skin, finishes with alcoholic warmth. Hmm (729 views) | | | Tasted by jtsejersen@gmail.com on 4/19/2019 & rated 85 points: Decent glass of wine. Consisting of two grape varietals I've never had before - Godello and Dona Blanca. The nose is quite fat creamy but the taste is driven by minerals and appears slender, straight and erect. When first smelling this wine, I would never had guessed that this wine in fact is made without any wood involved. Turns out this wine is aging aprox. 5 months on the residual remnants from the fermentation proces. (65 views) |
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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 )Bierzo[[D.O.]] Bierzo is located on the western edge of the province of [[León]], next to the [[Galicia|Galician]] border. The region has a distinct microclimate, being at relatively low altitude and protected on both sides by mountains, marking a transition between the arid [[meseta]] and verdant Galicia.
The Santiago de Compostela pilgrim route passes directly through the region and the predominant red grape, [[Mencía]], was allegedly introduced by pilgrims. Mencía makes up 70% of planting and many wines are 100% Mencía. [[Garnacha Tintorera]] is the secondary red grape, although there are also experimental plantings of other varieties, including [[Merlot]] and [[Cabernet Sauvignon]]. Whites may contain [[Godello]], [[Doña Blanca]], [[Palomino]] and [[Malvasia]].
Bierzo produces much inexpensive bulk table wine but an influx of smaller bodegas around the turn of the millenium are producing modern-styled wines attracting international critical acclaim.
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