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2006 Bodegas Arrocal Ribera del Duero |
| Vintage | 2006 |  | |
| Type | Red | ||
| Producer | Bodegas Arrocal (web) | ||
| Variety | Tempranillo | ||
| Designation | n/a | ||
| Vineyard | n/a | ||
| Country | Spain | ||
| Region | Castilla y León | ||
| SubRegion | n/a | ||
| Appellation | Ribera del Duero | ||
| UPC Code | 8437005780002 |
| Community Tasting History |
Community Tasting Notes (average 87.6 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 33 notes) | |
| Tasted by michigan dogs on 8/4/2010 & rated 85 points: better than my last bottle, certainly decent for the price (199 views) | |
| Tasted by tacvinolindo on 7/9/2010 & rated 90 points: Medium to full bodied, silky texture with huge plum and vanilla nose. Once we let it decant for 30 minutes the taste of cherries, berries and strangely a hint of peach really delighted us. Every sip was awesome and this was an excellent pairing with my Lamb saddle entree. I have a 2004 in my cellar and every indication tells me this wine will only get better with age (185 views) | |
| Tasted by sully13 on 6/12/2010 & rated 87 points: Nose: Ripe Raspberry, Smokey and spice Taste: Candied Fruit, Earthy, nice finish but a little hot. Conditions: Decanted for an hour. A tasty wine for the price. (448 views) | |
| Tasted by bigmichael on 5/30/2010 & rated 89 points: Opened very hot and needs some time to open up. Very blue fruit weighted nose with floral undertones, cranberry as well. Cherry, blue berry, and raspberry on the front end with a really nice finish. Medium bodied mouth feel with solid acidity, but not too much. Overall a really great drinking wine with or without food, particularly for the price. At $11-13/btl, great QPR. (527 views) | |
| Tasted by jcsipe on 5/27/2010 & rated 84 points: (466 views) | |
| Tasted by NC Wine Guy on 5/20/2010 & rated 88 points: Big, bold flavors. (625 views) | |
| Tasted by abunai on 5/15/2010: base: 50 pts color & appearance - max 5 pts: 5 aroma & bouquet - max 15 pts: 14 flavor and finish - max 20 pts: 14 overall quality & potential - max 10 pts: 4 OVERALL: 87 Good QPR at around $11 but does the Tempranillo grape no justice (566 views) | |
| Tasted by jcasey555 on 3/30/2010 & rated 89 points: Nice wine for the price. (1081 views) | |
| Tasted by michigan dogs on 2/16/2010 & rated 83 points: not bad for the price, $11 @WTSO, but life is too short to not drink better wine (1322 views) | |
| Tasted by malbecgal on 1/30/2010 & rated 89 points: I love Spaniards and drink them often. This was a nicely crafted tempranillo. The nose was very characteristic of the grape. The palate was a bit more dark fruit and less on tobacco/leather that others I've tasted. Overall, an excellent buy and a great wine. (1226 views) | |
| Tasted by Texas Jerky on 1/14/2010 & rated 87 points: Pretty lean, though it held up to the cold rather well. best with food. (1417 views) | |
| Tasted by Texas Jerky on 12/20/2009 & rated 87 points: (1471 views) | |
| Tasted by Texas Jerky on 12/14/2009 & rated 88 points: (1217 views) | |
| Tasted by Texas Jerky on 12/11/2009 & rated 88 points: (1512 views) | |
| Tasted by Texas Jerky on 11/15/2009 & rated 88 points: (1645 views) | |
| Tasted by Texas Jerky on 11/6/2009 & rated 88 points: (1709 views) | |
| Tasted by Texas Jerky on 11/2/2009 & rated 89 points: Excellent food wine. Medium bodied, good fruit with a moderate tannic backbone. Seems to be at its peak now. (1989 views) | |
| Tasted by cpsmith33 on 10/25/2009 & rated 88 points: (1829 views) | |
| Tasted by cpsmith33 on 10/17/2009 & rated 88 points: (1964 views) | |
| Tasted by cpsmith33 on 7/25/2009 & rated 88 points: new world style coming out of spain. nice dark fruit, juice, oak, vanilla. full bodied. too hot at end. decent bottle. (2508 views) | |
| Tasted by Splashy09 on 6/7/2009 & rated 84 points: Dark colored, full bodied. A nice wine. Mutually reinforced richness of taste with a buttery mangego cheese. (2673 views) | |
| Tasted by JustAllie on 6/7/2009: Nice, paired well with rich Spanish cheese. (2687 views) | |
| Tasted by otisabdul on 4/12/2009 & rated 86 points: (2489 views) | |
| Tasted by hutch on 3/29/2009 & rated 86 points: Wizards Tasting (The Mooring): This is a little fake for the price. Is it from Australia? Spain? Who knows and who cares. 86-87, because it's fine, but once everyone is doing it... (2949 views) | |
| Tasted by raketmensch on 3/26/2009: Very dark purple- plum, raisin, lavender, apple skin, oak on the nose. Little acid for balance, and a dominant fleshy plum/black cherry fruit in the middle palate with secondary notes of nutmeg, allspice. Very full bodied, big oak with sickly vanilla and quite hot on the end. Very spoofy, very juicy. Not undrinkable, but an example of why Spanish wine is often dismissed as average. (2959 views) | |
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About Red Wines Varietal character (Appellation America) | TAPAS: Tempranillo Advocates, Producers and Amigos Society Tempranillo is the premium red wine grape variety from the Rioja and Ribera del Duero region in Spain. Tempranillo's aromas and flavors often combine elements of berryish fruit, herbaceousness, and an earthy-leathery minerality. Being low in acidity and sugar content, it is commonly blended with Carignan (Mazuela), Grenache (Garnacha), Graciano, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. Vinos de España - Wines of Spain (Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior) | Wikipedia 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 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 and Amontillados. 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 Wine (Turismo Castilla y León ) El Corazón del Duero - The Heart of Duero (Consejo Regulador de la D.O. Ribera del Duero) |
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