Cork Talk with Veronica Ortega
...the most exciting producers in the increasingly fashionable Bierzo area, making some of the best reds and a celebrated white called Cal. Listen to chat about what she calls the...
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Undeniable class
by Matt Walls
...single Grand Cru stretches the limits of credibility. These are just three examples. Others include Priorat and Bierzo, which have both recently launched four-tiered pyramid vineyard classifications. And at a...
The Spanish Revolution
by Tim Atkin
...del Duero, Priorat, Navarra, Bierzo, Penedés and Cava. Moving from table to table in the garden at Remelluri, I’ve never tasted such an exciting line up of Spanish wines, most...
2024 Discover Spain Special Report
£10.00Please Note: This report is also part of The Spanish Subscription, a new bundle which includes all the new Spanish reports plus the back catalogue of all Spanish reports from...
Add to basketThe 2016 London Steak Awards: rare qualities
by Matt Walls
...should be. So for a rare US fillet, you could consider a Valpolicella Ripasso, a Crozes-Hermitage, a Bierzo. For more robust cuts like ribeye or T-bone, go for something fuller...
Try before you buy: the future of wine?
by Natasha Hughes MW
...tinged with spices and an earthy richness. Plush, deep-pile tannins provide a framework for the long, eloquent finish. Go de Godello, Bierzo, 2009 (£20.50, The Sampler). A superbly rich, complex...
Reds to help you chill out this summer
by Tim Atkin
...strawberries, tomato leaf and fresh leather. 2007 El Cayado, Bierzo (£8.99, or £7.19 by the mixed case, 14%, Oddbins) Even if you don’t believe the story about mencia being related...
Rioja’s third way
by Victor de la Serna
...trend was reinforced with the return home of two prodigal sons – Álvaro Palacios, who returned home to Alfaro from his Priorat and Bierzo ventures (which he has not abandoned)...
Spain’s Wine Revolution
by Andy Neather
...locations of those pioneers are telling – Landi in Sierra de Gredos, Pérez in Bierzo. Both areas are mountainous, with a large number of old vines; both were unfashionable, indeed...
Ageing Gracefully
by Tim Atkin
...leaving to set up Bodegas Aalto. Today, working alongside his sons Eduardo and Alberto, he oversees family projects in Toro (San Román), Bierzo (Valeyo), Rioja (Baynos), Ribera del Duero (Garmón)...
The world beyond Bordeaux
by Tim Atkin
...known European areas such as Dão, Etna, Campania, the Pfalz, the Roussillon and Bierzo. They are just as good, and sometimes better, than wines from classic European regions. There is...
2008 Domaine des Rochelles Anjou Villages-Brissac La Croix de La Mission
...of green pepper and graphite, supple fruit flavours and a creamy, smooth texture. In style, it’s mid-way between a claret and Bierzo red, but with a freshness and elegance which...