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Category Archives: Grenache / Garnacha
El Casot, La Colección, Trio Infernal, Combier, Fischer and Gerin, Torroja, Priorat DOQ, Spain, 2012, 13.5% abv.
This version of the Priorat comes from the celler of three French winemakers who migrated to Catalunya and set up shop in the tiny hamlet of Torroja del Priorat. They’ve been making wines together here since 2002. You can read … Continue reading
Posted in Grenache / Garnacha, OTHER, RED
Tagged brown slate, combier, dave canadas, el casot, fischer, garnacha, garnaxa, gerin, la collecion, llicorella, priorat doq, red wine, spain, Torroja del Priorat, Trio Infernal
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Viatge al Priorat, Celler Joan Simó, Porrera, Priorat DOQ, Spain, 14.5% abv, 15 Euros
This youthful version of the Priorat comes from the Porrera celler of Joan Simó, but was given to me by a UK wine buyer who was at Hotel-Hostal Sport in Falset when we ate dinner there. As he was leaving, … Continue reading
Porrera vi de Vila, Vall Llach, Priorat DOQ, Spain, 15.5% abv, 44.50 Euros
The drive from Falset to Porrera in southern Catalunya is not exactly for the faint of heart. We were told the tortuously narrow, winding roads are a huge improvement upon what used to be there. At least they were paved – and it didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Carignan, Grenache / Garnacha, OTHER, RED
Tagged Albert Costa, Cariñena, DOQ Priorat, Enric Costa, llicorella, Porrera, red wine, Roger Simo Garcia, spain, Vall Llach, Vi de Vila
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Clos Monlleó, Sangenís i Vaqué, Porrera, Priorat DOQ, Spain, 1999, 15% abv
During our visit to Celler Sangenís i Vaqué in January 2015, Maria hosted solo but brought out all the stops for an exceptional tasting. Of the ten poured, four were a vertical of the Clos Monlleó from 2013, 2011, 2005 and 1999. Monlleó is the surname … Continue reading
Posted in Carignan, Grenache / Garnacha, OTHER, RED, Spain
Tagged carignan, Carinenya, Clos Monlleo, garnacha, garnaxa, Porrera, Priorat, priorat doq, Sangenis i Vacque, spain
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Riu, Trio Infernal, Combier, Fischer and Gerin, Torroja, Priorat DOQ, Spain, 14.5% abv, 2010, 16 Euros
We found this at the Vins i Olis del Priorat store the minute we arrived in Falset. Nothing was open at 4pm except the town’s two exceptional wine stores. Llorenc and Marc Aguilo quickly ushered us to the tasting bar … Continue reading
Posted in Carignan, Grenache / Garnacha, RED, Shiraz / Syrah, Spain
Tagged priorat doq, red wine, Riu, spain, Trio Infernal
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Genium Cellers, Costers vi de Guarda, Poboleda, Priorat DOQ, Spain, 2005, 14.5% abv
One thing I have learned about winemakers and winery owners is that showing even a little interest in their work usually yields immensely positive results for anyone wanting to learn more. Most are keen to share and you realize very quickly … Continue reading
Posted in Carignan, Grenache / Garnacha, Merlot, RED, Shiraz / Syrah, Spain
Tagged carignan, garnacha, genium cellers, grenache, merlot, poboleda, priorat doq, spain, syrah
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Rose, Bodegas Muga, Rioja DOCa, Spain, 2013, 12.5% abv, C$18
Summer is meant for rose wine – or is it the other way around? I often wonder why rose is not called ‘pink’ wine in English – we have white and red, so why not pink? This pink wine is fresh, … Continue reading
Posted in Grenache / Garnacha, ROSE, Spain, Tempranillo, Viura / White Rioja
Tagged muga, pink wine, rioja, rose, spain
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Les Solitaires, Chateau la Begude, Gigondas AC, Gabriel Meffre Negociant-Eleveur, France, 2010, 14.5% abv
Gigondas is well-known as the little sibling to Chateauneuf-de-Pape and hails from France’s Southern Rhone Valley. An Appellation Controlee since 1971, most wines made here are red and may be no more than 80% Grenache. Some roses are made, but no … Continue reading
Posted in France, Grenache / Garnacha
Tagged france, grenache, red wine, southern rhone valley
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Castelmaure, Corbieres AOP, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, 2012, 13.5% abv, US$9.99
Corbières is an Appellation d’origine contrôlée (AOC) (or since 2012, Appellation d’origine protegee, AOP) for wine in France’s Languedoc-Roussillon region. Located in the foothills of the Pyrenees mountains, near Narbonne and close to the France-Spain border, it’s the region’s largest … Continue reading
Posted in Carignan, France, Grenache / Garnacha, OTHER
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