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 […]
Rioja
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
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, […]
Wine Tasting Video: Spanish Reds from Rioja, Navarra and Catalunya
Marques de la Concordia Rioja Crianza 2004 (£18.99/150 cl Majestic) Gentle soft wine, with warm vanilla, cinnamon, juniper and slight ginger spice notes pepping up relaxed wild strawberry and orange peel flavours. S(-) Legaris Ribera del Duero Reserva 2004 (£20.99 Oddbins) A fuller, richer style than the Rioja, with slightly […]
Wine Tasting Video: Rioja, Ribera del Duero & Priorat
Three videos to post in the next few days shot without my normal video camera – my son left it outside after filming a sequel to the World Is Not A Nerf. It still works, sort of, but is stuck on 70x magnification, something I only discovered after I’d uncorked […]
Spanish reds from Rioja, Ribera del Duero, Toro and Mentrida ...
Most of these were from a mixed Spanish white case from the Wine Society – tasty stuff… Txomín Etxaníz Geratiako Txakolina 2009 (£12.50 The Wine Society) Interesting and lively wine with a touch of spritz, autumnal pear & apple crispness blanced with some zesty citrus fruit and an ever-so-slightly briny […]