No wine snobs here, just enthusiastic drinkers of all wines
Another Ochoa wine from the Adriana Series. A red wine made from 30% Tempranillo, 30% Graciano, 30% Merlot, 10% Garnacha oaked for 9 months in a mix of French and American barrels. It has a pale colour somewhere between garnet and purple with a light to medium scent of fresh red berries and a hint … Continue reading Ochoa 8A La Foto de 1938, 2015
The second wine from the Bodegas Ochoa wine tasting at Vinopremier.com. This is a rose wine from the Javier Ochoa collection. It is made from a blend of Garnacha, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes and apparently contains very low sulphites of onky 20mg. A pale rose pink colour with perhaps a hint of garnet. It … Continue reading Ochoa Lágrima Rosa 2019
The first wine from a previous wine tasting at Vinopremier.com who hosted the Bodegas Ochoa from the Navarra region. Bodegas Ochoa have three ranges of wines made buy three different wine makers. This first white wine is made by Adriana Ochoa. It is named after the two grapes used: Viura and Viogner. Hence the name … Continue reading Uvadoble 2017
The fourth wine from the Madrid & Darracott virtual wine tastings (box 2), this red wine is made from the grape variety Negramoll which is local to La Palma of the Canary Islands. Made from old vines of 80 to 150 years and fermented in French oak barrels in its own lees for six months. … Continue reading Los Grillos 2015
This is the third wine from the Madrid & Darracott Lockdown Virtual Tastings (box number two). A Rose wine made from 100% Tempranillo. It has a pale strawberry pink colour with a lovely scent of strawberry/raspberry jam and flinty stone. This is a refreshing dry wine with a medium body and good lingering finish. It … Continue reading Floritura Rosado 2019
This is the second wine from the Madrid & Darracott Lockdown Virtual Tastings (box number two). It is a Godello from the Galician region of Valdeorras. These are usually one of my favourite white wines. A full sibling of the Verdejo grape, the Godello variety has less malic acid than verdejo so none of the … Continue reading AbreCaminos Godello 2018
This is the first wine from the Madrid & Darracott Lockdown Virtual Tastings. It is a classic Verdejo white wine from the Rueda D.O. Rueda white wines are served in just about every bar in Madrid and around most of Spain. Ask for a glass of white without specifying, and you will probably get a … Continue reading Rey Santo Verdejo 2019
I first tried this red wine back in March of last year at a Lavinia Tasting Class. I wasn't well that night and was struggling to appreciate the wines before me. I admitted at the time that hadn't really tasted this wine and it got a rather lack lustre write up. To see my original … Continue reading Parada de Atauta (Update)
The final wine tried at Vinoteca Vides. This red wine is from both a new region (Valles de Benavente in Zamora) and a new local grape variety (Prieto Picudo). It's also a very reasonable price for a reserva. It has spent 30 months maturing in barrels of French, American and Rumanian oak. Then several more … Continue reading Otero Reserva 2008
Another wine tried at the Vides Vino Bar, this red wine was one of their monthly specials. The winery is the project of Carlos Esteva and is based in the Garraf Natural Park. It exists only because the finca belonged to Carlos' grandfather well before the area became a national park. The place was in … Continue reading Pedradura 2011
