Spanish wines

Guia Peñín 2009's top wines

Nov 17, 2008 Tags:

The original article was written by Julia Harding MW and pubklished in jancisrobinson.com.

"Every year, Spanish wine writer José Peñîn and his team taste more than 8,000 wines to produce their annual wine guide, the Guia Peñín. For the second year running, Julia Harding MW went to Madrid to taste all the wines which gained 94 points or more out of 100."

Julia selected a number of wines for special mention and four of those are listed by Moreno Wines. Here they are:

Valdespino (José Estévez), Cardenal Palo Cortado VORS Jerez18 Drink now
Much darker, burnt caramel colour than I expeced for Palo Cortado but it is a 30 yr old. Smells complex, nutty and somehow sweet. Then intensely dry and fresh and much smoother than the Coliseo but with the bitterness of walnuts. Amaziningly tangy and fresh. Great zest and length and really lively. 20% (JH)

Valdespino (José Estévez), Solera 1842 Oloroso VOS Jerez18.5 Drink now

de 2 Mencia gets 5 star treatment in Germany

Oct 23, 2008 Tags:

One of the worlds best and well-known international hotels has selected de 2 Mencia for its wine list. This D.O Bierzo (Castilla y Leon) wine is a young red made from 100% Mencia from 2007’s vintage.
Called de 2, from Mencías De Dos S.L winery, it was created by the talented Spanish winemaker Ricardo Sanz. It was awarded the Gold Medal recently by the II Concurso de Vinos del Noroeste competition. A challenging competition where nearly 200 wine cellars from Castilla y Leon, Galicia, Asturias and the North of Portugal participate.
de 2 presents an intense lively plum/purple colour and displays a great varietal character of this grape which is gaining recognition across Europe. de 2 has been selected by the Caliga restaurant in the Intercontinental Hotel (*****+) of Dusseldorf. A restaurant that, is apparently known to serve “the sexiest food in the city”, and attracts a wide following of fine cuisine devotees.
“Liver’s goose cake with a green almond brioche” is one of the matched menu options to enjoy de 2’s wine with.