Cigales - perhaps over-shadowed by the acclaim neighbouring Ribera del Duero receives but a tasting of 12 wines demonstrated that 'by heck-laddie' they know how to make wine! Tempranillo dominates the red grape plantings but under the Tinto del País...
Panarroz Jumilla 2006 Spain 750ml
Leather-laced black fruits. Big, spicy, reveals loads of depth, and a rusticity that screams out for barbequed steaks. It's also a great match for stews and roasts. A great little bottle.
Martin Codax 2006 Albarino Rias Baixas Spain
Tasting Notes - Martin Codax produces fruit-forward and food-friendly wines like this white from R as Baixas in Spain. With an aroma of fresh herbs, peach and apple and flavors of apricot, melon and mineral, this full-bodied white exemplifies the Albari o grape. This white shows weight and focus, with ...
Valdelapinta Verdejo Rueda 2006 Spain 750ml
This is a sleeper! Bright golden color with white peach and melon. Delivers juicy acidity with great texture and balance on the finish. Delightful wine. Bright golden color with flavors of white peach and melon, this delightful dry white delivers juicy acidity with great texture and balance. Fresh and zesty. ...
2006 Ladairo Tinto Monterrei, Spain (Was $16)
From Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar: ""(100% mencia) Bright red. Red berry and cherry aromas are complicated by baking spices and musky underbrush. Youthfully taut red fruit flavors slowly unfold to show a sweet kirsch quality that builds through the finish. Zesty mineral notes add energy to clinging cherry and ...
1985 Lopez de Heredia ""Vina Tondonia"" Gran Reserva Rioja, Spain
94 points from Stephen Tanzer's Internation Wine Cellar: ""Pale orange-red color, greeny-gold at the rim. Knockout ethereal nose combines strawberry, minerals, maple syrup, black toffee, truffle and autumn leaves. Juicy, pungent, precise and minerally; a Chambolle style of Rioja, weightless in the best possible way. Dry, brisk and fresh, with ...
