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Made with grapes from 60+ year old vines this wine is matured in American oak for 30 months and a further 36 months minimum in the bottle. I was looking forward to this wine as I really enjoyed the Crianza. Unfortunately it didn't work for me. It is a medium intense purple colour verging towards … Continue reading Ramon Bilbao Gran Reserva 2011
So I broke my own method of trying the Gran Reserva wine in each Bodega we visited, because the very helpful guy at this Bodega made this wine sound fantastic. It is their flagship wine. It is made from grapes on the oldest vines (over 50 years) and from the best vineyards. It is only … Continue reading Gomez Cruzado Honorable 2015
The second red wine offering from Bodegas Muga. For some reason I thought at the time that this was a Gran Reserva, but it turns out that it isn't. Once again the lady serving us whipped the bottle away before I could photgraph it and then disappeared. However their website lists the Torre Muga as … Continue reading Torre Muga
The first of two Gran Reserva wines from the Bodegas Muga. I'm not actually sure what vintage this wine was, because the lady whipped away the bottle so quickly I didn't have time to look at it never mind photograph it. I had to borrow the photo from the Bodega's website, which currently lists the … Continue reading Prado Enea Gran Reserva
The second top end offering from CVNE this time from the Imperial Bodega based in Rioja Alta. These grapes are grown nearer the mountains and in a dryer year which producs higher acidity which preserves the wine better during maturation. As a Gran Reserva the best grapes are selected from the harvest to make a … Continue reading Imperial Gran Reserva 2011
Another brand of wines from the CVNE stable. They have two ranges, Contino and Imperial, aimed at the higher end of the market and only a small number of wine bottles are made. These wines are made with their best grapes harvested from single premier vineyards. The Contino Bodega is based in the Alavesa region … Continue reading Contino Reserva 2014
The third wine at the Eat Out Madrid wine tasting. Another offering from Bodega Lopez de Heredia.. Their red wine Reserva this time. Made from a blend of Tempranillo, Graciano, Garnacha and Mazuelo grapes this wine is matured in french oak barrels for 6 years then another 6 plus years in the bottle. it is … Continue reading Viña Tondonia Tinto Reserva 2006
Another wine from the wine tasting at my house last week. A rose this time. I think I bought this one from carrefour as it was in a list of recommended supermarket wines in el Pais en Ingles. I tend to associate Rose Wines with picnics and eating outdoors in summer. There's something about the … Continue reading Conde de Caralt Rosado
The final wine from the Marques de Vargas estates from the vinopremier.com wine tasting. This time a red wine from Rioja. Made from a blend of Tempranillo, Mazuelo and Garnacha, this wine is matured for 24 months in French, American and Russian barrels, which are regularly replaced to ensure none are over 5 years old. … Continue reading Marques de Vargas 2014
Another red wine from the Lavinia Tasting Class with Anna Harris Noble. A Riojan Reserva this time which means it must be matured in oak for at least 1 year and then a further 2 years in the bottle. One of the first Riojan reds I got into was from the C.V.N.E stable: their Cune … Continue reading Rioja Imperial Reserva 2015
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