Bursting with fleshy dark fruit, dried fig and smoke, with toasty oak on the nose. In the mouth it’s full bodied and juicy up front
Tag: Spanish Wine
Budget Wine: Bodegas Volver Tarima Monastrell Alicante 2014
The nose on this wine shows ripe blackberry and cumin spice—and a pervasive background of wet newspaper. Hmm. Wet newspaper is evidence of TCA (trichloroanisole)
Spain’s Forgotten Grape Varieties
The most fascinating presentation at last month’s Society of Wine Educator’s Conference was Bodegas Torres’ project of recovering ancient grape varieties that had disappeared, it
Wine Review: Bodegas Burgo Viejo Crianza Rioja 2012
I wrote recently about the changing style of Rioja wine. With the use of more French oak and used barrels, some Rioja wines are becoming
Ribera del Duero: Old Bulls, Old Vines and Baby Lamb
The running of the bulls in Pamplona is famous in part because of the association with danger and the mishaps that send careless joggers to
Bodegas Atalaya Laya Almansa 2014
This curious wine is from Gil Family Estates. A little bacon fat lurks behind the dark berry, pepper, and herbal notes against a background of
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 