Top Spanish Wine Dinner organized by Andy/Madwines

Top Spanish Wine 4-course dinner organized by Andy/Madwines at Morton in the iAPM mall on Huai Hai Road.

Chopped House Salad or Oysters, Tasmania and Fanny Bay
Lobster Bisque
Center-cut Ribeye with Mashed Potatoes and Bearnaise Sause
Morton’s Ice Cream Sandwiches or Homemade Key Lime Pie

• 2010 Vins del Massís Catalunya Macizo 90 Points

  Spain, Catalunya

  Tasted very strong at first, then started to open up, more like a Meursault.

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• 2011 Benjamin Romeo Rioja Que Bonito Cacareaba 92 Points

  Spain, La Rioja, Rioja

  Tasted like a white burgundy, elegant and buttery.

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• 2009 Bodegas Benjamin de Rothschild & Vega Sicilia Rioja Macan 93 Points

  Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja

  Powerful and fresh, like it very much.

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• 2008 Benjamin Romeo Rioja La Cueva del Contador 91 Points

  Spain, La Rioja, Rioja

  Second encounter. Dark fruits; while enjoyable, a notch below the 2003 unico and 2009 Macan.

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• 2008 Mas Doix Priorat Costers de Vinyes Velles

  Spain, Catalunya, Priorat

  Least memorable of the 5 wines tasted--2009 Macan, 2008 La Cueva del Contador, 2004 Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva, and 2003 Unico

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• 2003 Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Ribera del Duero Único 95 Points

  Spain, Castilla y León, Ribera del Duero

  Powerful and full-body.

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• 2004 Marqués de Murrieta Rioja Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial

  Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja

  Very Bordeaux like, OK.

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Great steak and good ambiance. Enjoyed both whites; the Rioja white more. Among the reds, the 2003 Vega Sicilia and the 2009 Macan stands out among the others.