Pasión de Bobal 2009, Utiel-Requeña (£11.99 Virgin Wines) Reasonable fruit, juicy plum, cherry and dark berry just heading towards jammy, and with notes of chocolate and desiccated coconut, rounded, warm and spicy, but too simple. B- Torres Celeste Crianza 2008, Ribera del Duero (£12.49 Ann et Vin, Auriol Wines, Cambridge […]
Tempranillo
Anciano Aged 3 Years Crianza 2007, Valdepeñas (£5.98 Asda) Starts off well with welcoming characters of slightly baked berry fruit, dusty vanilla and chocolate, but is let down by a slightly hard finish. B- Anciano Aged 7 Years Gran Reserva 2003, Valdepeñas (£8.99 Waitrose) Corked – shame, as some reviews […]
Wine Tasting Video: Spanish Reds from Valdepenas & Somontano
Viña Pomal Rioja Crianza 2008 (£9.99 Majestic, Yourfavouritewines.com, Rhythmandbooze.co.uk, Aughton Wines, Delifonseca, Den Boer Wines, Eton Vintners, Hercules Wine Warehouse, INXS Kicked, Sheridan Cooper’s, Taurus Wines, Noel Young, The Vineyard) Has some of the classic vanilla and orange peel of Rioja, but the baked berry flavours and notes of liquorice […]
Wine Tasting Video: Four Riojas + a Ribera del Duero
El Patito Feo Graciano Roble 2009, Navarra, Spain (£8.99 Virgin Wines) Slightly boisterous youngster at the present, but calms down to show pure, plush blueberry and blackberry flesh, a fresher raspberry edge, notes of clove and new leather, and a warm dusty finish. B+ Tesco Finest* Viña Mara Rioja Reserva, […]
Wine Tasting Video: Spanish reds from Rioja, Navarra & Penedes
Mirabeau Côtes de Provence Rosé 2010, France (£8.99 Waitrose) There’s an almost sandy note to this juicy but elegant young rosé, along with fresh strawberry, redcurrants and blackcurrant leaf flavours and a tangy refreshing finish. S- El Prado Tempranillo Rosado 2010, Valencia, Spain (£4.99 Waitrose) Not the most complex of […]
Wine Tasting Video: Rosés from France, Chile, Spain and Portugal
Londoño Rioja Crianza 2008 (contact vinissimus.co.uk for details) Hairy-chested young wine that oozes warm earthy confidence. Add in wild gutsy berry fruit and touches of vanilla and spice and you have a lovely bouncy vibrant wine. S(-) Falset Marçà Ètim Negre Montsant 2007 (£9.13 Bibendum) Gluggable sausage-friendly wine par excellence, […]