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Spain: Night 4- Antonio Perez
Granada
Tasted January 11, 2006 by Mlermontov with 450 views
Introduction
This was our meeting with Jesus - we decided to have a small dinner that evening and then a lunchtime offline since my firends have not been in granada they would go to the Alhambra and we would drink some fun wines - that will be posted soon as well.
This restaurant is a very nice, rustic place with good service and portiones that could feed a army. I didnt take notes on the dishes, but my steak was excellent and the lamb svetlana ordered would have been enough for 3 :)
it was trully a pleasure to meet Jesus and his wife, great freat people, not to mention some wine shopping that he did for me :) thanx so much!! in any case - on to the wines!
Flight 1 (1 note)
White
1981 R. López de Heredia Rioja Blanco Gran Reserva Viña Tondonia
89 points
This was the one wine that was trully hard to judge today (improper glasses+needs more air time)... but with time it was able to open up and offer some more fruit, apples, slighly oxydised style, but with lovely acidity and very refreshing.
Flight 2 (2 notes)
Red
2002 Calvente Finca de castillejas
90 points
the wine specifics were done from memmory since i couldt manage to get the label off...
Modern, fruit forward wine, with excellent tannins and great acidity. excellent qpr! even though i prefer more traditional wines this is trully yummy, and because of its refreshing acidity - its very food friendly.
Modern, fruit forward wine, with excellent tannins and great acidity. excellent qpr! even though i prefer more traditional wines this is trully yummy, and because of its refreshing acidity - its very food friendly.
Red
2002 Palacios Remondo Rioja La Montesa
90 points
modern style rioja but still very light, classical notes come out with a bit more time. would have liked a bit more structure but this is still a great qpr.
Flight 3 (1 note)
White - Fortified
N.V. Valdespino Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Solera 1842 Oloroso Dulce non-filtered
92 points
what can one say about this wine? its lightly sweet ( i think about 25% PX), tofee and caramel on the nose, loooong finish and a bit of dryness to round it out. just plain delicious.
Closing
thanks again for a trully wonderfull evening!