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Oct 12
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Tasting Reserva Lagoa 2009

Tags : Aragonês Castelão Crato Preto Lagoa Portugal

This full-bodied Portuguese wine from PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) Lagoa, stands out for its price – a mere 2.20 euros! I bought it in Adega Única, where the Crato Preto, Aragonês and Castelão grapes are vinified, and then the wine produced and bottled. It is medium ruby in colour and it has pronounced aromas of black fruit and olives. Althought it is already quite mature, its tannins suggest that the wine could age a bit more. Drink it now or in the next year.On the palate, medicinal and mushrooms notes. There’s no much fruit, it’s true, but it’s still a little of blueberry, blackberry, and sometimes blackcurrants. A wine of particular characteristic, which left me somewhere between the deception and the curiosity. I’ve opted by the curiosity.

Its high acidity allows strong dishes matching, with intense sauces. I snacked a Wicklow Blue, one of many Irish delicacies, and the wine improved a lot in the palate!

As I said, a curious wine …

20
Oct 12
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Tasting Llebre 2009

Tags : Cabernet Sauvignon Carignan Grenache Merlot Spain Syrah Tempranillo

I brought this wine from Spain recently, and offered it to some friends. The feedback was positive… No surprise, as it got a respectable 90 points Parker! So I decided to taste it.

Llebre is produced by Tomás Cusiné, which is located on the northern side of the Sierra de La Llena, part of the Sierra del Montsant. Its vineyards are situated at an altitude between 700 and 740 metres; the soils are limestone and the lands have gravel on the surface with clayey subsoil. Costers Del Sagres is a DO (Denominación de Origen) area.

Llebre 2009 is made from Tempranillo, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache, Carignan and Syrah grapes, it was aged in French oak for 3 months before bottled, which brings toasty notes to the palate, and subtle oak to the nose.

The nose also is plenty of aromas of red fruits, and in the mouth it’s silky and fresh, with soft tannins and good acidity, plenty of red fruit jam, spices, and a discrete oak.

A very good wine, which I enjoyed which I enjoyed with a wine-peppered sauced steak… Fantastique!

01
Mar 12
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Nietro 2011

Tags : Castejón of Alarba old vines Garnacha Spain

A wine with character, with excellent value for money, it offers all the fruitiness of Garnacha old vines and transmits all the “terroir”.

In the glass, Nietro wears a cherry color, bright, clean, dense tear but medium-high. The first impact nose tells us that this is a wine with character: it is fresh, clean, Mediterranean, with spicy and black pepper. Attracts. With aeration aromatic drink increases its density, is opening gently, offering sweet notes of ginger, juniper … – Has a touch of Christmas! – Graphite mineral notes and subtle hints about parenting. All very well integrated and essentially and above all, a red fruit (cassis) and fresh.

His entry into greedy mouth, with volume, according to the nose but with a point of warmth. It is powerful, with notes of undergrowth, a gentle presence of tannin structure and maintaining promises a good performance, and a predominantly red fruit. It is soft and creamy. It enjoys.

Nietro leaves a good taste, is long and slightly bitter in the aftertaste, something that should not be associated with unpleasant, simply lengthens its persistence. Alcohol is well integrated and gives us a very good feeling of freshness on your end. To repeat.

Nietro is made from old vines of Grenache, with a mean age of 40 years, grown at 950 meters above ground slate, in the municipalities of Castejón of Alarba, Alarba and Acered. Their name, Nietro, comes from a old unit of measurement equivalent to 16 wine jugs or 160 liters.

Pairings
Sausages | pork | grilled meats

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