8,5

Château Belair 01


Château Belair 01
SCEN Jean Dubois-Challon

Type: Tinto
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux Saint-Émilion
City: 33680 Saint-Emilion
Address:
(+33) 0557247094
Year established: 0
Production (bottles): 40.000
Vineyard area: 12,5
Brands: Château Belair
Price: 50 €


This wine carries the mark of one of the finest oenologists in Bordeaux, Pascal Belbeck.
It responds completely to the identity of the merlot, whose vines, planted in 1956, constitute 80% of the wine, giving it a velvety look. The remaining 20% is filled in by cabernet franc. Elegance and harmony stand out. It has a soft, silky entry that then builds, demonstrating a great amount of evolution on the palate, gaining in expression and expressiveness, bringing forth substance, to end with subtle vigor, in accordance with its character.

Aged for 18 months in barrels, 60% new oak. Bottled in September of 2003.

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8,5

Protos Reserva 2001


Protos Reserva 2001
Protos Bodega Ribera Duero De Peñafiel, S.L.

Type: Tinto
Country: Spain
Region: Ribera del Duero
City: 47300 Peñafiel (Valladolid)
Address: C/Bodegas Protos, 24-28
983878011
Year established: 1927
Production (bottles): 2,5 millones de botellas
Vineyard area: 400 en Ribera de Duero.
Brands: Marcas que comercializa: <br />Protos Joven Roble, Crianza, Reserva, Gran Reserva, Especial y Rosado y Rivera del Duero Joven<br />
Price: 21 €


The body and personality of this wine make it very appealing. Pronounced and persistent aromas with elements of red berries standing out, cranberries, completed with other notes, spiced, smoked and toasted, from the wood-barrel ageing process. Flavorful in the mouth with much body, yet elegant and harmonious at the same time. The elements of the fruit and ageing process are well integrated. The acidic, bitter and tannic qualities are very well balanced.

A varietal wine, made exclusively from tinta del país. Aged in French and American barrels for 16 months. Bottled at the beginning of summer 2003.

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Les Masies De Poblet Crianza 03


Les Masies De Poblet Crianza 03
Abadia de Poblet

Type: Tinto
Country: Spain
Region: Conca de Barberá
City: 43448 Poblet (Tarragona)
Address: Passeig de l´Abad Conill, 6
977870358
Year established: 1989
Production (bottles): 20.000
Vineyard area: 9 en Conca de Barberá.
Brands: Abadia del Poblet y Les Masies de Poblet
Price: 24 €


The most accomplished pinot noir in Spain. With identity and conjunction, it possesses a delicate, sharp aroma predominated by floral sensations that stand above spicy, smoky notes from the wood. On the palate the result is elegant, silky, round and classy. The fruit and the ageing appear well integrated and balanced, with the good strength and structure accorded to the variety.

After malolactic fermentation in new barrels, it is aged for 14 months in Vosges and Allier oak barrels. Bottled in April of 2005. Production: 1500 bottles.

 

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Le Grande Dame Veuve Clicquot 99


Le Grande Dame  Veuve Clicquot 99
Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin

Type: Espumoso
Country: France
Region: Champagne
City: 51100 Reims
Address: 12, Rue du Temple
(+33) 0326895440
Year established: 1772
Production (bottles): Indeterminada
Vineyard area: 256
Brands: Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label, Vintage Blanc, Vintage Rosé, Le Grande Dame y Le Grande Dame Rosé
Price: 105 €


The most sophisticated and exquisite illustration from this legendary establishment, it stands out for the strong personality of wine that it expresses, its character and complexity; qualities that come together with a notable freshness. Aromas of citrus, apple and confitures, perhaps apricot or peach, very pleasant, somewhat seductive, without lacking the presence of nutty or toasted notes. The sweet, sour sensation that distinguishes the bouquet is reproduced in the mouth with acidity and maturity, not only from the fruit but also the long ageing process it undergoes, which urges you to keep drinking regardless of its undeniable strength and complexity.

Made from 64% pinot noir and 36% chardonnay, grapes coming exclusively from 8 Grands Crus. Aged for 6 years.



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Ysios Reserva 00


Ysios Reserva 00
Bodegas Portia, S.L.

Type: Tinto
Country: Spain
Region: La Rioja
City: 01300 Laguardia(La Rioja)
Address: Camino de La Hoya, s/n
(+34) 945600640
Year established: 2001
Production (bottles): 370.000
Vineyard area: 50
Brands: Ysios Reserva
Price: 15 €


Fruity, fresh aromas with hints of blackberries and plums, very forthright, intermingled with spicy notes that combine to create a complex, pleasant ensemble. The palate is refined, velvety and harmonious, with the fruit predominating above a woody base, it progresses wonderfully, building upwards until becoming sweet, acidic, bitter, tannic, all very balanced expressions. An easy, gratifying taste: exceptionally finished.

100% tempranillo. Aged in French and American barrels for 14 months. Bottled in April of 2002.

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Viña Izadi Expresión 01


Viña Izadi Expresión 01
Viña Villabuena

Type: Tinto
Country: Spain
Region: La Rioja
City: 01307 Villabuena de Alava (Alava)
Address: Herrería Travesía 2, nº5
(+34) 945609086
Year established: 1987
Production (bottles): 1.300.000
Vineyard area:
Brands: Viña Izadi Crianza, Reserva, Selección, Expresión y Blanco Fermentado en Barica, además de Club de la Barrica
Price: 42 €


A powerful wine of which only 19,500 bottles and 25 magnum bottles of 6 liters are produced. The grapes, which all come from the same vineyard of Villabuena, speak of refined nobility: old vines with a low yield. The conscientious effort is complete through the entire production process: fermented in American oak barrels then aged in new French barrels for 18 months and bottled in September 2003. The elements of intense, lively and mature fruit engulf the mouth and are very integrated with the oak, proffering toasty allusions and hints of vanilla, cinnamon and coffee. The result on the palate is elegant, compact, dense and very personal, with an aftertaste of quality.

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8,75

Parés Baltà Dominio Cusiné 96


Parés Baltà

Type: Tinto
Country: Spain
Region: Penedés
City: 08796 Pacs del Penedes (Barcelona)
Address: Masia Can Baltà, s/n.
(+34) 938901399
Year established: 1934
Production (bottles): 800.000
Vineyard area: 175
Brands: Los cavas Parés Baltà Brut de Pacs, Brut Nature, Brut de Brut y Cuvee de Carol; los blancos Parés Baltà Blans de Pacs, Mas Pons , Mas de Carol y Electio, el rosado Radix y los tinto Parés Baltà Mas Elena, Mas Irene, Marta de Baltá, Absis y Dominio de Cusiné 1790.
Price: 300 €


Still married to his passion for nature and the vine, my dear and admired friend Joan Cusiné first surprised us with his cavas, then with his white wines and now with his five labels of reds, not only for their merit of quality, but for their overwhelming personality as well.

An innovative wine with tangible fruitiness: exuberant, very mature, with fragrances of forest and mineral notes… and an enhancing, almost imperceptible insinuation of wood. On the tongue these perceptions are confirmed, even surpassed, demonstrating an unmistakable harmonious fruity quality on top of freshness that begs to be drank, finishing with a ductile tannic quality. It stands out for its color, its structure, its grapes and its life. With the pass of time it has matured, but retained all of its being.

5.900 bottles. 5 varieties. 1 year in new Allier oak barrels.

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8,5

Marqués de Arienzo Gran Reserva 96


Marqués de Arienzo Gran Reserva 96
Bodegas Domecq

Type: Tinto
Country: Spain
Region: Rioja Alavesa
City: 01340 Elciego (Álava)
Address: Ctra. Villabuena, s/n
(+34) 945606001
Year established: 1973
Production (bottles): 4.500.000
Vineyard area: 300
Brands: Marqués de Arienzo y Viña Eguia
Price: 21,25 €


A refined wine, elegant and finished, with aromas of ripe fruit, even confit, intermingled with toasty, sweet and spicy notes. Similar characteristics are reproduced on the palate, in particular one notes the derivatives of the long ageing in wood that dominates the grape. Complex, yet easy.

Exclusively tempranillo. Aged for 30 months in Bordeaux barrels of American oak. Bottled in January 2003.

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Llama Roble 04


Llama Roble 04
Belasco de Baquedano

Type: Tinto
Country: Argentina
Region: Mendoza
City: 5509 Agrelo, Luján de Cuyo
Address:
(+34)948645008
Year established: 2005
Production (bottles): 200.000
Vineyard area: 70
Brands: LLama
Price: 6 €


Spicca la quantità di aromi fruttati, in cui appaiono e scompaiono sensazioni di ciliege, more e prugne, ben arricchite da un lieve fondo tostato, apportato dal breve soggiorno in barrique nuove. Nel palato riproduce le sensazioni olfattive, soprattutto il sapore fruttato, la vivacità, la forza, il calore e la corposità, si attacca alle pareti buccali. Ha acidità, amarezza, dolcezza... il tutto in una riuscita combinazione.

100% malbet. Maturazione di sei mesi in rovere francese.

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8,25

Château Jean Voisin 99


Château Jean Voisin 99
SCEA Du Château Jean Voisin

Type: Tinto
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux Saint-Émilion
City: 33330 Saint Emilion
Address:
(+33) 0557247040
Year established: 1969
Production (bottles): 86.000
Vineyard area: 14
Brands: Château Jean Voisin y Château Jean Voisin Cuvée Amédée
Price: 18 €


A Saint-Émilion that is honest, unique and effective; it has an excellent quality-price ratio which, in the exaggerated world of wine, and especially this region, is very much appreciated. It embodies the undeniable character of the merlot – 75% – matched with other influences – 20% cabernet franc and 5% cabernet sauvignon – and fascinating undertones. The personality of the grape prevails, with a bitter tone that is impeccably expressed: coffee, toasty notes, in the mouth as well as in the bouquet, with licorice and other spices. Its integrity does not take away from a certain appealing freshness that makes it very drinkable. 46.000 bottles. Aged for 14 months in barrels: 30% new and 70% other.

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