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Aalto was established in 1999 by Mariano Garcia, winemaker for 30 years at Vega Sicilia. His philosophy was minimal...
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75% Tempranillo from the Obarenes zone, and 25% Garnacha from Cárdenas.
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Our wine stands out because of its marked fruity character which brings out all the qualities and characteristics of...
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The sample of the 2021 Les Terrasses Velles Vinyes was truly impressive, a blend of 70% Garnacha and 30% Cariñena....
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Ripe pineapple, papaya, and slatey minerality on the nose. Intense but well-balanced tropical fruit flavors on the...
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Vibrant and fresh. Aromas of crisp green apple, lemon, underripe peach. Wet stones and grapefruit pith compliment a...
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Complex and aromatic with ripe citrus, peach tea, and baked apple. Fennel frond, dried tarragon and white pepper...
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Made from 100% Lledoner Negre, the local name for Garnacha in this part of Catalunya, Pla de Gates showcases the...
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A new paraje bottling from Antoine Graillot, the 2021 Encinas La Rata is from just below El Rapolao, on clay-rich...
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The 2021 Encinas feels cleaner and less reductive than previous years but still has the earthy rusticity that seems...
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The 2021 Anza Especial was produced with the idea to obtain a wine with aging potential while keeping the freshness...
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The nose of the 2021 El Carretil is an explosion of flowers; it's aromatic, perfumed, open, expressive and super...
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The 2021 La Hoya is an impressive new Rioja red. Crafted from 100% Tempranillo sourced from a 1965-planted plot on...
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There is a note of fennel in the 2021 La Poza de Ballesteros, a wine that is more open, approachable and round, with...
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The bottled 2021 Quintanilla comes from a very white soil that is very rich in limestone. The wine has a lot of...
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The bottled 2021 Valdeginés showed much better than the unbottled sample I tasted last time. The wine is a little...
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The 2021 Viña El Pisón started a little reduced and needed a little bit of time in the glass to open up. It's...
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A vin de soif, made in a light, refreshing style. Earthy with some smoked meat aromas on the nose. The palate is...
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High intensity cherry-red cherry color with purple notes in the border. Aromatic complexity where we find floral...
2021 Spain Castilla Y Leon Cataluna La Rioja
Ever since the Phoenicians and Romans brought their knowledge of vine cultivation to Spanish soils, the country's culture has grown alongside wine production, with wine being a vital part of Spanish identity and Spanish traditions. Each region of Spain has a wine quite distinct from the others, and it is produced by smallholders and families as much as it is by large companies and established wineries. From the relatively mild and lush regions of La Rioja to the arid plateaus that surround Madrid, grapes are grown in abundance for the now booming Spanish wine industry, and new laws and regulations have recently been put in place to keep the country's standards high. By combining traditional practices with modern technology, Spanish wineries are continuing to produce distinctive wines of great character, flavor and aroma, with the focus shifting in recent decades to quality over quantity.
The ancient, arid and beautiful region of Castilla y Leon is the largest in Spain, and amongst the largest single 'regions' in any country of Europe. It has been famed throughout the centuries for its architecture, its people, its art and literature, and not least for its characterful and flavorful wines, which capture the beating heart and passion of Spain and Spanish culture. Castilla y Leon is essentially a vast plateau, and is extremely dry, with a poor soil structure which one might think would make viticulture difficult, if not impossible. However, Castilla y Leon has plenty of native grape varietals which are able to stretch their roots deep underground, to tap into the moisture and minerals which can be found there.
The beautiful Spanish wine region of Catalunya has a history of viticulture which stretches back for over a thousand years, and has been influenced by a wide range of people who moved through the region, and brought their wine making skills and expertise with them. The region itself is a sizeable one, covering an area of sixty thousand hectares, and within this space there resides over two hundred individual wineries, ranging from small, independent and traditional ones to the larger, mass production bodegas known around the world. The terroir of Catalunya is varied, and ranges from being dry and arid, to more lush and green in the wetter parts of the region which are closer to the coast. This variation in terroir results in a fantastic range of grape varietals being grown, and a wide range of wine styles are produced within Catalunya.
La Rioja is by far the most famous wine region of Spain, and remains one of the world's great wine producing regions, consistently offering deep, complex red wines of character and distinction, partly due to the fact that La Rioja benefits from excellent soils, rich in minerals and nutrients, and plenty of sunshine. The climatic conditions allow the fine grape varietals to reach full ripeness and express plenty of the best features of their terroir, making La Rioja wines some of the most interesting to have ever come out of Europe. The Cantabrian mountains to the north provide the perfect shelter from the colder, wetter influences of the Atlantic oceans, and in the beloved vineyards of La Rioja, wineries have been cultivating exceedingly flavorful Tempranillo grapes for generations for the inclusion in their fine single variety and blended wines.