White oaked wines....
White oaked wines....
Ver mensaje de Paco HigónMmmm, sorry but I’m a bit inquisitive these days ... so I’d like to kwnow your opinion about white Spanish oaked wines.... No doubt the oaked chardonnays are very popular nowadays but I’ve also tried some interesting wines made of sauvignon blanc, verdejo or white granache with a touch of oak... What do you think about them???
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Ver mensaje de Paco HigónToo hard to generalize. I’m not a fan of heavily oaked chardonnays, although I do not think of tis as a common problem in Spain. Obviously oaked whites are standard in Rioja. For younger wines I can certainly think of good examples where some oak creates more interest. Barbara Forés El Quinta comes to mind. I think the wine is barrel–fermented in new French Allier oak barrels for about fifteen days and then aged five months on the lees. In the finished product, which features honeyed fruit and minerals, the oak componant reminds me of the spice nutmeg.
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Ver mensaje de WaltZalenskiWell, as far as I know, in most DO’s there are some producers making chardonnay barrel fermented wines, such as in Navarra, Utiel-Requena, Penedés, Somontano,..... Some of them with slight differences but most of them with a common style....
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Ver mensaje de Paco HigónI’ve found generally that Spanish oaked Chards are slightly more subtle than the new world average. I still don’t like them much tho. I’d much rather drink Viña Sol than Gran Viña Sol.
Oaked Sauvignon is horrible! I never tried a Spanish one, but have tried Californian ones at €30 or so that are irredeemably vile.
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Ver mensaje de suiko";I’d much rather drink Viña Sol than Gran Viña Sol.";
Absolutely, and I would rather drink 2003 Viña Sol then most Chards at several times the price.
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Ver mensaje de WaltZalenskiSo as far as I’ve seen you two prefer unoaked Spanish chardonnays to oaked ones... mmmm, interesting... However producer doesn’t seen to be in the same ’mood’ .... ;)
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Ver mensaje de Paco HigónI’m sciztophrenic, Paco. I generally prefer no oak in whites but, unlike some of the radical here, I generally am quite tolerant of oak in Spanish reds.
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Ver mensaje de WaltZalenskiI woudl agree with Walt. Oak is the fashion, but already here in the UK there are a lot of people who are fed up with these wines. I would say the export potential of oaked Spanish Chard is now next to zero.