Bob Parsons Alberta. wrote:Carl, the label is most eye-catching
Yup!
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Carl Eppig
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Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:38 pm
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Bob Parsons Alberta. wrote:Carl, the label is most eye-catching
Tim York wrote:
Anima Negra, Vino de la Tierra de Mallorca
Quibía 2008 (W) (€12), from Premsal 60%, Callet à jus blanc 40%), was attractively fleshy with attractive saltiness and mild bitterness towards the finish; 15/20+.
Jenise
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
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Bob Parsons Alberta. wrote:Wow, some great notes there Tim. Montsant is repped here in AB, must take another looksie when in downtown area.
Those Cavas sound especially good! The Gramona website looks great but is only in Spanish.
http://www.gramona.com/web/index.html
Keith M
Beer Explorer
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Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:25 am
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Keith M wrote:You'll have to forgive me, as I included a Rioja, but hopefully some of the other wines aren't the 'usual suspects'.
After a bit of thrift shopping (and finding a pair of legendary shoes, yea!) and before heading to SoMa to join JC and some other friends for dinner, I stopped off on a Thursday evening to a tasting at Arlequin Wine Merchants featuring José Pastor of Vinos & Gourmet and his phenomenal selection of Spanish wines.......
Bob Parsons Alberta. wrote:That is quite a selection at Arlequin Wine Merchants. Sounds like the owner knows how to find the unusual suspects! We would all go broke shopping there.
I see there is a website, needless to say I checked on Portugal! Some Pato which is great plus a load of ports. The selection from Spain is quite overpowering.
Carl Eppig
Our Maine man
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Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:38 pm
Middleton, NH, USA
Tim York wrote:Bruce, I too liked a Monterrei I had in November last year. Mine sounds even more unconventional in flavour than yours.
Victor de la Serna
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Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:50 pm
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Andrew Bair wrote:Tim York wrote:
Anima Negra, Vino de la Tierra de Mallorca
Quibía 2008 (W) (€12), from Premsal 60%, Callet à jus blanc 40%), was attractively fleshy with attractive saltiness and mild bitterness towards the finish; 15/20+.
Tim -
Thank you for the note on this wine. Anyway, for whatever it is worth, I have a bottle of the Quibia, but don't see a vintage date on the bottle for some reason. Nearly all of my web searches show Quibia as a single-vintage wine, but I can't find a photo of a bottle that shows the vintage date... The retailer that I bought this bottle from said that it was the 2008 version, but I can't verify this from looking at an unopened bottle. Interesting...
Not sure that I'll get around to opening this particular wine in time for the October Wine Focus, as I don't have a food match lined up yet, but I will definitely open something Spanish in the next week or so and post on that.
Joe Moryl wrote:2009 Verdejo Old Vines, Shaya, Rueda: Very pale and fresh looking. Shy but elegant nose. On the palate there are dried orange peel/grapefruit notes with a shot of white pepper. Very crisp and fresh with decent length. Some depth but nothing too profound. Some Rueda Verdejos come off as Sauvignon Blanc wannabes, but this is clearly something else. At $12, very good value for money. Wonder what this tastes like with some age? 13.5% abv, but not really showing it.
IIRC, the shelftalker in the shop clamed these were 75-100 year old vines, so we are dealing with truly old vine stuff here.
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