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| Drinking window: Drink between 2010 and 2011 (based on 38 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 86.9 pts. and median of 87 pts. in 13 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Winekpow on 2/6/2019 & rated 94 points: Delicious, bone dry, crisp and refreshing. After aging for 10 years we were unsure if it would even be good, but it was fantastic. Pleased even the pickiest wine drinker. Paired perfectly with cheese fondue, but was excellent on its own as well. (453 views) | | | Tasted by diggydan on 4/29/2012 & rated 87 points: faintest yellow color with a slight spritz that quickly fades. Dry, piercing, and refreshing: I loved it with a grilled fish but drank it like I imagine the Basques do in Getaria...without much thought! (2480 views) | | | Tasted by nicefish on 6/30/2011 & rated 90 points: Delicious, bone dry, super clean and refreshing. Excellent afternoon summer sipper. (2976 views) | | | Tasted by cos82 on 5/30/2011 & rated 82 points: @ home with sauteed mixed shellfish with garlic and parsley over pasta. Pale straw in color. Lemon and minerals on the nose. A light spritz. Lemon, minerals and a bitter quality on the palate. Dry. Too much lemon for my palate. I like the roses from this producer, but I will stay away from the white. (3050 views) | | | Tasted by Brookner1 on 5/14/2011 & rated 84 points: Interesting and flavorful but not worthy a 2nd try (3031 views) | | | Tasted by dsgris on 11/7/2010 & rated 90 points: Clear, citrus nose. Dry with citrus, tart freshness. Very good mouth feel, low alcohol for a refreshing, easy drinking. Lovely wine. (3581 views) | | | Tasted by pgb67 on 9/12/2010 & rated 88 points: Fresh floral nose with some hints of the sea, followed by a very dry palate of lemons accented by a saline component. Nevertheless, this was probably overdry for me, making it feel like a wine that wanted to be more serious than its fruit would allow. (2416 views) | | | Tasted by brooklynguy on 8/10/2010: excellent version of this wine. dry as a bone. There is a little effervescence and the wine is crisp, salty, and absolutely refreshing. And if you step back and stop gulping it, which isn't easy to do, the old vine intensity and depth are unmistakable. (2709 views) | | | Tasted by Keith Levenberg on 7/22/2010 & rated 88 points: Fresh, clean, pure, prickly. All about summer. (2925 views) | | | Tasted by Lord of the Bottles on 7/22/2010 & rated 82 points: Pretty fresh and dry, nice aperitif or with fish/shellfish. (2585 views) |
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CA Distributor (Addt'l Info)Spain Vinos de España - Wines of Spain (Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior) | Wikipedia
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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. |
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