Spanish Grenache
Thanks walt
Ver mensaje de rayolYes the Mancuso...but Paco was telling me there was cheaper and better than Orsus..from a cursory look on winesearcher the Mancuso doesn’t seem to fit this bill !!
Tried the Chaparall last year and it was not impressive. I think it was a 98. Does the wine age well or was this one past its sell by date ?
All fruit seemed to have gone...perhaps a duff bottle.
I will seek out the Mancuso and Cabrida. There is some info over on Todovino about garnacha from Aragón, have you seen it ?
cheers
Re: Thanks walt
Ver mensaje de rayol98 Chaparral? Almost certainly dead. Even 2000 is too old.
Re: Thanks walt
Ver mensaje de rayolHmm had it in 2003.
A week after buying it in Lavinia...a bit naughty of them to flog it ?
oh well....RIP !
Let’s see...
Ver mensaje de rayolSome suggestions of ";blended"; Montsant wines:
Étim Selection Grenache from Agricola Falset-Marça; 86% Grenache, 14% Cabernet (depending on the vintage) and about 10€ in Spain.
Laurona from Europvin about 15€ in Spain.
Eneas (well, nowadays it’s called Dido) from Sara Pérez (Orbita Venus, S.L.) with just an slightly touch of oak. About 10€ in Spain.
Lasendal from Celler de Capçanes (with a little bit of syrah)and about 6€ in Spain.
The superb Les Sorts Vinyes Velles from Coperativa del Masroig (40% grenache, 30% carignan & 30% cabernet sauvignon). About 14€ in Spain.
And there are a few more.....
Cheers!
Re: Let’s see...
Ver mensaje de rayolI gather Sara Pérez changed the name of her operation as well as changing the name of Eneas to Dido? I had not yet seen the name Orbita Venus before.
Didn’t Dido fall in love with Eneas while drinking wine?
Also a good Montsant Garnacha blend ...
";L’Alleu"; from Jose Maria Vendrell Rived - 60% Garnacha - 30% Cariñena - 10% Cabernet
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Ver mensaje de rayolAs far as I know, since the second vintage of Venus (first vintage of Eneas?) the ";official"; name of the cellar is ÒRBITA VENUS ";LA UNIVERSAL";.
And about the reason for the change of name (from Eneas to Dido) is not as ";complex";.... Eneas is a Trade Mark registered by Muga Cellars.... ;-))
The story (the myth) of Dido and Eneas is really tragic... Dido committed suicide because Eneas is not in love with her a leave Carthage to found Rome...
Here’s a poem I found about his (http://latin204.tripod.com/essays/reception_after_vergil.html)
Here lies Dido,
Who killed herself for love.
There would have been no better pagan
If solitary love had not seized her:
But she loved too madly,
And her wisdom availed her nothing.
Cheers!