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Spanish wines have a type and style for every kind of food. Some of the most food friendly wines come from this country known for its varied and delicious cuisine. From the classic tapas and dry Sherry, Albariño and shellfish, to the famous Jamon Iberico, that is equally tasty with a soft older Rioja, or a bracing Cava.
Wines available on February 15 through the end of the month. If you are running late, please contact us if you would like us to set the club selections aside for you.
This Month’s 6 for 70
These wines have a retail value of 14-18 dollars and represent exceptional value.
The wines are:
Bodegas Borsao Cabriola
55% Garnacha, 39% Syrah, 6% Mazuela from mountain vineyards in the Campo de Borja region.
Nose of caramel, fruit dried cake and glace cherries! Palate rich and frilly with a creamy palate. Rich and delicious. Aromas of cracked pepper and blackberries on the nose. Full-bodied and layered with chewy tannins. It’s long and flavorful with plenty of structure.
El Coto Rioja BIanco
A blend of Viura, Verdejo, and Sauvignon Blanc, this most refreshing and crisply delivered white zips across the palate with honeysuckle and lemon blossom. Vibrant acidity gives it extra “shine,” with a touch of white tea and spiced lime on the finish. Crafted predominately from estate grown Viura grapes, indigenous to Rioja, this refreshing wine is fermented at low temperatures to maximize the fresh, zesty citrus flavors. If you enjoy California Sauvignon Blanc, you’ll love this wine. Pairs with fresh seafood and chicken. Enjoy chilled.
Bodegas Ego Goru Verde Monastrell
Black cherry with purple violet hues. Clean, fragrant with a bouquet of spices, violets and blueberries. Smooth texture, with savoury red fruits, soft and round tannins, well-balanced acidity and a pure finish.
Recommended with Mediterranean salads, pasta, white meat fish, varied cheeses, appetizers. An organic offering from a great winemaker in Jumilla
Shaya Verdejo
Limpid straw. Highly perfumed lemon pith, pear and quince scents show a subtle floral nuance in the background. Dry and incisive in the mouth, offering lively citrus and orchard fruit flavors that gain weight with aeration. The taut, persistent finish repeats the floral note and shows bright clarity. On the nose it displays toasty baking spices, nutmeg, spring flowers, marzipan, and pit fruits. The partial oak and lees aging gives this Verdejo additional roundness, complexity, and length. Dry-farmed, no pesticides or herbicides, hand-harvested, Vegan.
Mont Marcal Cava Reserva
The 2016 Mont Marcal is gunning for California Sparklers. Fuller in style with a bit more yeast flavors than usual. Toast, apple, and hints of Anjou pear are pronounced on the palate. The bubbles are lively and medium in size, but they don’t overtake the flavors. Instead, they add to it. The acidity is bright, but again doesn’t overwhelm. This sparkler would be perfect with bacon wrapped scallops.
Lurbira Garnacha by Bodega Beramendi
Lurbira in the ancient Basque pantheon was the “Mother Goddess of the Earth“. Bodegas Beramendi is Female owned and operated. This natural red wine from Spain is a collaboration between the importer and a small, organic family estate in Navarra. 100% Garnacha. Aged in steel. Juicy and medium-bodied, with notes of ripe black cherry, plum, and hints of peppery spice. A great grilling red!
This month’s 3 for 70
These wines are chosen for their fine quality and innovation. They are valued at 25-32 dollars. A chance to try something a bit different at a great price.
The wines are:
Alto Moncayo Veraton Garnacha
The third wine we produce from the Garnacha grape, from vines between 30 and 50 years old, and aged in barrels for 16 months. It is a wine with an attractive collection of balsamic notes, of chocolate and black fruits, very warm in the mouth and an extremely pleasant finish.
Brilliant purple. Intensely perfumed, spice-tinged black and blue fruits, vanilla, candied flowers and cola on the nose, along with a smoky element that builds with air. Broad and fleshy on entry, offering juicy cherry cola, blueberry and mocha flavors sharpened by a jolt of spicy white pepper. Strongly echoes the blue fruit and spice notes on the very long, focused finish, which features lingering floral and mineral flourishes. Vinous 93 Points.
Leirana Albarino
This is a wine that is unmistakably maritime. Using almost forgotten minimal-intervention techniques learned through generational viticultural knowledge, Rodri recreates the Albariño of yesteryear. This is a wine of power, elegance and salinity that can truly stand among the best white wines of the world. Naturally occurring fermentation with its own yeast. Aged in 80% stainless, 20% neutral foudre. No malolactic fermentation. The salinity of Leirana makes it a natural pair for scallops, oysters and shellfish of all kinds, as well as the classic octopus dish, pulpo gallego.
Clos Figueroa Serras Del Priorat
A blend of Garnacha, Samso (Carignan), Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah it is fermented in tank and then aged in 500L used French oak barrels. This wine has always been considered the “entry level” offering for Clos Figueras, a brighter fresher interpretation of the region. This is an unadorned expression of Gratallops. This wine has everything you could want from Priorat; great aromatics mixed berries, wild meditereanan herbs, spice and that earthy mineral drive from the llicorella soils. The used oak speaks volumes for what it does to the wine and for what it does not impart. It is full, the tannins are supple, there is fresh acid and a very long finish. This is a perfect point of entry into this amazing wine region. Wonderful aromas of crushed blackberries, licorice, tar and bark follow to a full body with round, chewy tannins and fantastic depth of fruit and intensity. Needs time to come together, but so structured. Try after 2022.
Remember:
Active wine club members also receive 10% off all other wine purchases! 10% discount excludes sale items, beer, and liquor.
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