Spanish red wines
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Rojo Granrojo Garnacha 2010 NZD $12.95
Paul Tudor Master of Wine says in Metro Magazine. "If you enjoy fruity Otago Pinots this modern Spanish red is for you. With currant and plum and flavours of pastille and fruit jube and ripe, juicy tannins. Uncomplicated, forward, yet punchy at a sharp price." -
Montesierra Tinto Joven Somontano DOC Spain 2008 NZD $13.95
Was $19.95 and certainly worth $25+. This is amazing buying. A blend of Tempranillo and Cabernet Sauvignon. A wine of an intense, cherry red colour and shades of violet. Hinting at fruits of the forest on a floral background, it is fruity and flavoursome on the palate, smooth and easy drinking with a very long and interesting after taste. -
Poco a Poco Tempranillo 2010 NZD $14.95
A raspberry scented fruity and smooth wine made from the Rioja grape Tempranillo. -
Floral de Uncastellum 2008 - organic, vegan NZD $19.95
Made from Tempranillo and Garnacha (Grenache) this is a shiny, cherry red coloured wine with violet glints revealing its youth. It has a nose of cherries, freshly cut grass, irises and water lilies and on the palate, a juicy mouthful with aloe notes and a clean, refreshing taste. Great Value. -
Manga del Brujo 2008 - Amazing New Vintage NZD $29.95
From Calatayud, a huge wine that is made from 65% Garnacha and blended with Shira and Tempranillo. The Garnacha grapes are from vines that are over 100 years old giving it a deep purple colour with aromas of black fruits, cracked pepper, smoke & toast which lead to the palate. Full bodied with firm tannins with a long, smoky and toasty finish. Should be twice the price. -
El Puno Grenache 2007 NZD $51.95
Master of Wine, Norrel Robertson MW makes some of the most exceptional-value wines in Spain, like Papa Luna and Manga del Brujo. As Jancis Robinson MW says, “Talented British Master of Wine Norrel Robertson, regularly turns out under-priced bottlings.”
He has long believed that Calatauyd can produce wines to the equal of Priorat, the region that produces many of Spain’s greatest and most expensive wines.
Robert Parker agrees, saying “To this point, the D.O. of Calatayud has been best known for exceptional value. However, this is slowly changing as people appreciate just how good the wines made from its old-vine Grenache vineyards can be.”
HE HAS NOW FUFULLIED HIS BELIEF, AND PROUDLY OFFERS HIS GREATEST WINE EVER – EL PUNO 2007.
El Puno is Norrel Robertson MW’s flagship wine. It was crafted it from ancient 70-100 vine Garnacha, grown at over 1000 metres in Calatayud’s finest slate vineyards. The fruit was hand harvested then hand sorted in the winery and the wine matured for 16 months in new French oak barrels.
The pioneer of California’s “Rhone Ranger” movement Randall Grahm recently chaired the Worldwide Grenache Symposium in the Rhone Valley, France. On tasting 2007 El Puno he said; “'Garnacha from Calatayud thoroughly rocked my world today. So much finesse, elegance. (El Puno is) possibly the greatest Grenache that no one (hardly anyone) has ever tasted.”
91/100 Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate “It offers aromas of slate, toasty oak, leather, and black cherry. Dense, layered and full-flavoured, this impressive effort will provide pleasure through 2020.” -
Casa Gran del Siurana Gran Cruor 2006 NZD $120.00
Priorat, home to Spain’s most expensive and fashionable red wines is ideally suited to making great Syrah to rival the best of Cote Rotie and Hermitage. Located on the Mediterranean coast, south of Barcelona, Priorat’s gnarly old vines grown on steep schist terraces produce dark, deep, powerful reds, with wonderful balancing mineral intensity.
Gran Cruor from new and exciting Priorat producer Casa Gran del Siurana is regarded as Spain’s greatest Syrah-predominant wine. It is made almost exclusively from grown on the steep Cote-Rotie-like slate terraces of their La Fredat vineyard.
Jose Peñín, Spain’s most influential wine writer, has given Gran Cruor the highest score that he’s ever awarded to a Spanish Syrah, saying “One of the kings of Spanish Syrah wines is Casa Gran del Siurana’s Gran Cruor.”
Gran Cruor 2006 also recently won the Trophy for Best Northern Spanish Red at the 2010 Decanter World Wine Awards which this year qualified as the world’s biggest international wine competition with more entries this year than any other leading wine competition in the world.
Casa Gran del Siurana was established in 2000, and to create impact in the world of wine have positioned themselves as arguably the best value source of fine Priorat reds. Based at the 300 year old La Casa Gran farmhouse, all of their fruit comes from their own steep slate hillside estates, the 10 hectare La Fredat estate and 6 hectare La Casa Gran estate.
Trophy for Best Northern Spanish Red - Decanter World Wine Awards 2010.
93/100 Penin Guide 2010 (the publication of Spain’s most influential wine writer) “One of the kings of Spanish Syrah wines is Casa Gran del Siurana’s Gran Cruor.”
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I personally select and taste every wine I recommend ~ if you don't like it, please send it back to me and I will either replace it with something more suitable to your taste or issue you a full refund.
Ben Naden