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Blackberries, blueberries, terra cotta, brick and white pepper on the nose. Medium-bodied with very tight and...
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The 2019 Telescópico Garnacha · Garnacha Peluda · Mazuela was produced with grapes from Alpartir and Morata on...
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The 2021 Grenache Noir comes from five vineyards with younger vines than the Chenin, mainly planted in the early...
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Both wines from 2018 showed very fresh and young, younger than you'd have anticipated. The 2018 El Terroir follows...
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Such a brooding nose with black pepper, violet and fresh blueberry and blackberry fruit. Spicy and tight on the...
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Deep nose with a bright, subtle stemmy note to the fruit, showing some white pepper and dried herb to the...
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Blackberries, blueberries and peppercorns on the nose. Full-bodied, yet tight and polished with chewy tannins and...
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It's fair to say that no other country delivered value in this year's DWWA to match that sent over to us from...
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Lifted perfumed nose of violets, lilies and roses over beautiful dark fruit and baking spice undertones. Really fresh...
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Smoke and brioche aromas. Elegant palate with subtle stony, iodine notes. Squeaky clean, with a salty delicacy.
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Unique aromas of dried apples, lemon blossom, almonds and cream. Hints of seaweed. Full-bodied, yet focused and tight...
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Amazing depth and intensity to this old-vine malbec with blackberry and black-licorice character to the wine....
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Some fresh-treacle and spun-sugar aromas with orange rind and a sweet, toasty and woody edge. This is quite fresh and...
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Salted cracker, liquorice and seaweed nose. Vivid, bracing and vibrant wine, with concentration, poise and great...
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Resplendent nose of Christmas spices, raisins, figs and tea leaves. Intensely sweet on the palate but very...
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Big, dry, powerful but elegant wine. Very distinct yeasty notes, with layers of caramel, oak and sweet herbs, all...
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This dry Oloroso has a swoon-worthy nose of warm maple frosting and pecan pie. It's fresh on the palate, balancing...
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Rulei is a demonstration of the uniqueness of the high-altitude vineyards in the Najerilla valley, which historically...
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The 2020 Malbec Signature contains a 4% dash of Cabernet Franc from Paraje Altamira, Uco Valley and was aged for 13...
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I could have chosen Valdespino’s outstanding Inocente Fino with its consistent excellence. Instead I have chosen...
Grenache Malbec Sherry Wine
The purple skinned grapes of the Grenache varietal have quickly become one of the most widely planted red wine grapes in the world, flourishing in several countries which have the correct conditions in which they can grow to ripeness. They thrive anywhere with a dry, hot climate, such as that found in central Spain and other such arid areas, and produce delightfully light bodied wines full of spicy flavors and notes of dark berries. Their robustness and relative vigor has led them being a favorite grape varietal for wineries all over the world, and whilst it isn't uncommon to see bottles made from this varietal alone, they are also regularly used as a blending grape due to their high sugar content and ability to produce wines containing a relatively high level of alcohol.
The purple Malbec variety grapes which now grow all over the Old and New Worlds had their origins in France, where they are one of the few grape varieties allowed to be used in the highly esteemed blended wines of Bordeaux. However, it is perhaps the New World Malbec wines which have attracted the most attention in recent years, as they thrive in hot southern climates in ways they cannot in their native country, where the damp conditions leave them highly vulnerable to rot. Malbec grapes are renowned for their high tannin content, resulting in full-bodied red wines packed with ripe, plummy flavors and held in their characteristically dark, garnet colored liquid. In many countries, Malbec is still used primarily as a varietal for blending, as it adds a great level of richness and density to other, lighter and thinner varietals. However, single variety Malbec wines have been greatly on the rise in recent years, with some fantastic results and big, juicy flavors marking them out as a great wine for matching with a wide range of foods.
Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.
Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.
Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.