Tasted Friday, July 4, 2014 - Monday, July 21, 2014 by wineamateur with 508 views
Wines purchased from La Cabaña de Saura, El Algar, Murcia. Raul always directs me towards some gems I haven't come across before.
(7/7/2014)
Chewy wine, with a bold black treacle, cocoa, violet and black berry fruit nose, hinting at dandelion and burdock. Attractive.
Showed very well on Day 2. More open quite meaty.
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(7/9/2014)
A bit reminiscent of a new wave Rioja. There's a whiff of violets and mixed berry fruit, but the nose is a little dumb. On the palate, very sweet, quite heavy on its feet, some lean acidity not wholly integrated. But a very pleasant barbecue wine.
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(7/9/2014)
A bit bretty at first, but that blew off to reveal a sleek, elegant, classy Rioja in the modern style. Silky black stone fruit, a dash of violets. Unforced. 13.5%. VGV.
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(7/8/2014)
Violets and dark stone fruit suggests Tempranillo in one of its guises. Undertone of tinned tomatoes leads us to Ribeiro del Duero. Palm butter and coconut are hallmarks to me of Condado de Haza. Some signs of age on the visuals. Nice wine and VVG QPR.
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(7/16/2014)
Immediately attractive, forward but classy wine. Plums and mulberries on the nose, sweet but with only a hint of jamminess, a bit of spice, vanilla, and an underpinning of black treacle. Some sweetness on the palate, but structured and with well integrated acidity. Nice wine and drinking very well now. 14%.
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(7/13/2014)
Thick, dark, classy wine from Tinta (sic) de Toro grown in 3 separate sites, with powerful black treacle aromatics, liquorice powder, dandelion and burdock, and Priorat-like minerality. Not at all jammy, as you might expect from such a big wine. And 'only' 14.5% ABV. GV.
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(7/10/2014)
Ripe cassis notes on the nose of this very more-ish blend of Garnatxa, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Caranyena, with the ripe bramble influence of the Grenache rounding things out. Wears its 15.5% ABV very lightly. GV.
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(7/12/2014)
Jammy bramble fruit on the rather one-dimensional nose. Pretty dried out on the palate. I felt this was rather forced, perhaps over-extracted. 14% ABV.
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(7/15/2014)
A straight down the line Ribeiro del Duero. Violets, brambly fruit and tinned tomatoes on the nose. A bit disjointed on the palate, with some unintegrated acidity. A bit dried out. One dimensional, but pleasant enough. 13.5%.
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(7/14/2014)
Attractive nose of violets, brambles and a touch of cassis, but rather cardboardy on the palate, dried out, lacking vitality. Nice enough, but disappointing for the price. 14%.
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(7/17/2014)
Perhaps not destined for the export market, this 100% Monastrell delivers plenty of ripe, jammy fruit but has yet to rid itself of a certain youthful disjointedness. 14%.
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(7/18/2014)
A blend of Garnatxa and Syrah, this is a very big wine indeed, with lots of ripe jammy fruit that, at least to begin with, somewhat masked its origin. But some trademark Priorat minerality emerged with time. A bold but classy wine, and very more-ish. 15%.
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(7/18/2014)
I think this had some TCA but it was such a big, big, massively proportioned, powerfully flavored wine that it was hard to be sure whether I was tasting cork taint or just some rather unattractive twigginess. There was certainly still a lot of ripe berry fruit, eucalyptus and vanilla. At 16%, not a shy wine. I would like to try another bottle before passing judgment.
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(7/19/2014)
A blend of 80% Tempranillo and 20% a mix of Garnacha, Graciano and Mazuelo, this straddled traditional and modern stylistically. The silky mouthfeel and glossy sheen to the fruit nodded towards the modern, but the leathery, animal nose - married with violets and plums- was defiantly old school. Relatively high acidity. Vary classy wine with a long future ahead. 13.5%.
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(7/20/2014)
Dry, dense, austere, almost forbidding wine - but very impressive for its sinewy build. Lavender, thyme and violets add complexity to the monolithic dark fruit.
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2010 Juvé y Camps Cava Milesimé Brut Reserva
Spain, Cava
(7/8/2014)
A proper cava rather than poor man's champagne, with large bubbles that soon disappeared to leave just a bit of sherbety spritz. Mild tasting, dough-like, with an undertow of liquorice. Enjoyable. It grew on me.
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2012 Bodegas Merencio Treixadura Ribeiro
Spain, Galicia, Ribeiro
(7/9/2014)
Odd but refreshing wine. Sour apples, quite a bit of oaky vanilla, some furry tannins. Better on Day 2, but still not sure what to make of this.
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2012 Produccions a Modino Ribeiro San Clodio 90 Points
Spain, Galicia, Ribeiro
(7/10/2014)
Fresh pears and white peaches on nose and palate. A bit of liquorice and yeastiness. Flavoursome with good intensity on the finish. Clean, refreshing but with backbone. Nice wine and VGV.
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2013 Via Nova Godello Valdeorras Blanco 90 Points
Spain, Galicia, Valdeorras
(7/13/2014)
Forward and attractive, clean and fresh, with pears to the fore and a nice underpinning of yeast and liquorice. VGV. 13%.
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2012 Bodega Abel Mendoza Malvasia Rioja 91 Points
Spain, La Rioja, Rioja
(7/13/2014)
Poached pear, white peaches and stewed pears on the complex, attractive nose, underpinned by cinnamon and clove and all spice. Nice weight on the palate. Balanced. More-ish.
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2011 Bodegas Avancia Godello Blanco 86 Points
Spain, Galicia, Valdeorras
(7/15/2014)
Honeyed lemon on the nose. A bit too much lemony acidity on the palate for my taste. The oak is pretty well integrated, but I didn't find this the most giving of wines. Didn't really call one back for another glass. 13.5%. [replacement bottle for one that was corked, exchanged without fuss by the shop.]
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2013 Bodega José Pariente Verdejo Rueda 82 Points
Spain, Castilla y León, Rueda
(7/17/2014)
A decent wine, clean and fresh, but somewhat nondescript, which is not atypical for entry level Rueda in my experience. 13%.
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