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Malpuesto 05


Malpuesto 05
ARTEVINO, S.A.

Type: Tinto
Pays: Spain
Région: Rioja Alavesa
Localité: 01307 Villabuena de Alava(Alava).
Adresse: Herreria Travesia II, 5
945609086
Année de création: 2005
Production (bouteilles): 100.000 botellas.
Surface de vignoble (Ha): 22 . en Laguardia.
Marques: Orben y Malpuesto
Prix à la carte: Sobre 30 €


This is the most recent project of Gonzalo Antón who, after his success with Finca Villacreces, Viña Izadi and Vetus, has taken on the challenge of this organization, comprised of fifty qualified experts and caterers (associates of the company), in search of nothing short of excellence.
Malpuesto 05 is the first and finest testimony to that endeavor. In the nose and on the palate the wine demonstrates an enormous fruitiness with strength and impact: blueberries, forest, licorice and a woody foundation. Substantial and noble, with an apparent bitterness and sweet tannins… very balanced. It is lively and distinct.
100% tempranillo. Aged for 14 months in new French oak barrels. Bottled in March 2007.
 



8,75

Gran Coronas Mas La Plana 03


Gran Coronas Mas La Plana 03
MIGUEL TORRES

Type: Tinto
Pays: Spain
Région: Barcelona Vilafranca del Penedés
Localité: 08720 Vilafranca del Penedés (Barcelona)
Adresse: Miguel Torres i Carbo, 6
938177400
Année de création: 1870
Production (bouteilles): 37 millones de botellas.
Surface de vignoble (Ha): 1852 en toda Cataluña, 160 en Jumilla, 40 en Toro y 7 en Ribera de Duero
Marques: Mas Rabell, Sangre de Toro, Coronas, Gran Sangre de Toro, Salmos, Gran Coronas, Atrium, Mas La Plana, Mas Borras, Grans Muralles, Reserva Real, San Valentín, Viña Sol, Viña Esmeralda, Waltraud, Gran Viña Sol, Fransola, Milmanda, Nerola Xarel.lo, Nerola Syrah, De Casta y Vinos fortificados: Moscatel Oro y Sangre Brava.
Prix à la carte: Sobre 45 €


A cabernet sauvignon of fine lineage and vineyard that ranks among the elite of Spanish wines year after year. This particular vintage calls to attention the powerful identification it has with flowers. Especially in the nose, although those sensations translate to the palate, the fruitiness reigns supreme, extraordinary, with references to wild dark berries, open meadows, licorice and a certain minerality. It personifies the countless wonders of the qualities that distinguish a fine cabernet sauvignon. Elegant, balanced and substantial. Full-bodied, but within its enormous identity, it is not a particularly intense wine with regard to its expression–quality beats out quantity in this respect.
100% cabernet sauvignon from the Mas La Plana vineyard of 29 ha. Aged for 18 months in Tronçais and Nevers oak barrels. Bottled in August 2005.



9,25

Finca Villacreces Nebro 05


Finca Villacreces Nebro 05
FINCA VILLACRECES

Type: Tinto
Pays: Spain
Région: Ribera del Duero
Localité: 47350 Quintanilla de Onésimo (Valladolid).
Adresse: Ctra. de Soria, km. 322.
33 0546850384
Année de création: 1994
Production (bouteilles): 300.000 botellas.
Surface de vignoble (Ha): 43 alrededor de la bodega.
Marques: Finca Villacreces Reserva y Finca Villacreces Nebro.
Prix à la carte: Sobre 120 €


A wine called upon to impress which, after many years at the front line, can now be considered one of the most singular and qualitative in Spain. Both in the bouquet as well as on the palate it boasts sweet, fruity sensations, elegant and balanced. The taste is sometimes curious, even astonishing: plum confit, herbs and forest floors, wild mushrooms with hints of thyme… myriad elements expressed alongside a noble wood that is presented in perfect complement.
100% tinta fina. The malolactic fermentation took place in new Allier oak barrels, aged for 18 months. Bottled in July of 2007. Less than 2,000 bottles produced. Created exclusively from vines on 1 ha. on the vineyard’s property.



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Cirsion 05


Cirsion 05
RODA

Type: Tinto
Pays: Spain
Région: La Rioja
Localité: 26200 Haro (La Rioja)
Adresse: Avda. de Vizcaya,5
941303001
Année de création: 1987
Production (bouteilles): 250.000 botellas
Surface de vignoble (Ha): 70 en Haro, Briñas, Villalba, Ollauri, Labastida y Tudelilla.
Marques: Roda Reserva, Roda I y Cirsión.
Prix à la carte: 140 €


Confirming itself as the best Rioja around after obtaining excellent marks in the last vintages: 9/10 in 2001, 8.75/10 in 2003, 9.25/10 in 2004 and 9/10 in 2005. As is customary with the Cirsions, they call attention to their strength, structure, character… the blunt personality that they demonstrate. Sweet hints of honey, bitter, with toasted notes, tannins and warmth. It expresses its power through elegance and discretion.
100% tempranillo. Fermented in large oak containers then aged for 12 months in new French barrels. 6,000 bottles.



9,25

Cirsion 04


Cirsion 04
RODA

Type: Tinto
Pays: Spain
Région: La Rioja
Localité: 26200 Haro (La Rioja).
Adresse: Avda. de Vizcaya,5.
941303001
Année de création: 1987
Production (bouteilles): 250.000 botellas
Surface de vignoble (Ha): 70 en Haro, Briñas, Villalba, Ollauri, Labastida y Tudelilla.
Marques: Roda Reserva, Roda I y Cirsión.
Prix à la carte: Sobre 133 €


This is without a doubt the best Cirsión to date and one of the finest wines in the panorama of Spanish viticulture, obtaining a rating that only half a dozen wines have deserved in the last decade, and even then… It brings together refinement and substance. Structured and compact. Impressive for its aromatic and, in particular, flavorful strength. The substance, elegance and harmony prevail above other nuances: divine grapes, bitterness, tannins… satiating the palate with distinguished sensibility.
100% tempranillo. Fermented in large oak containers then aged for 8 months in new French barrels. Bottled in January 2006. 6,000 bottles.



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Chivite Coleccion 125 Reserva 04


Chivite Coleccion 125  Reserva 04
BODEGAS JULIAN CHIVITE

Type: Tinto
Pays: Spain
Région: Navarra
Localité: 31592 Cintruénigo (Navarra).
Adresse: Ribera, 34
948811000
Année de création: 1647
Production (bouteilles):
Surface de vignoble (Ha): 590 en Cintruénigo, Corella, Marcilla, Villatuerta y Aberín
Marques: Gran Feudo Blanco, Gran Feudo Dulce Moscatel, Gran Feudo Chardonnay , Rosado y Tintos Crianza, Reserva y Viñas Viejas; Chivite Colección 125 Blanco, Chivite Colección 125 tinto y Chivite Colección 125 Vendimia Tardía.
Prix à la carte: Sobre 40 €


Fernando Chivite applies his philosophy of Bordeaux excellence with utter mastery to the Colección 125 Reserva: noble varieties and irrefutable aromatic and sapid refinement. In accordance with this spirit, year after year he produces superb wines, confirming his principles, making the vineyard the protagonist…
This 2004 boasts a select grape and a perfect oenology. It personifies the sense of good taste: substantial, ripe fruit with great depth impregnated with subtlety… with nothing left glaring. Elegance, harmony, finish, effectiveness… there is nothing to do but admire the entity and the perfection it embodies.
64% Tempranillo, 28% Merlot and 16% Cabernet Sauvignon. Ageing: 14 months in new Allier, Nevers and Bourgogne barrels. Bottled in March 2006. 69,083 bottles and 868 magnums.



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Amancio 04


Amancio 04
Sierra Cantabria

Type: Tinto
Pays: Spain
Région: La Rioja
Localité: 26338 San Vicente de la Sonsierra (La Rioja)
Adresse: Amorebieta, 3.
941334080
Année de création: 1957
Production (bouteilles): 750.000 botellas.
Surface de vignoble (Ha): 100 en San Vicente de la Sonsierra, Laguardia y Labastida.
Marques: Codice, Murmurón, Sierra Cantabria Joven, Crianza, Reserva, Gran Reserva, Colección Privada y Amancio.
Prix à la carte: Sobre 70 €


In keeping with the first vintage from 2001 they have managed to further improve thanks to the superb year and a developing erudition in concept and production. It has gone from being a designer wine to being a wine of high quality.
Incredible strength in aroma and flavor expressed with elegance and harmony. The fruit prevails, exultantly at that, demonstrating its ripeness, saturated with minerality, with toasted notes of almonds and a hint of wood. With time, its relationship with the palate improves, evolving… reconciling itself. It calls attention to the noble bitter flavor, reminiscent of almond, even turrón, thanks to its sweetness, demonstrating distinguished tannins at the same time. Full-bodied and meaty.
100% tempranillo variety from a vineyard of 15 hectares located in La Veguilla with a yield of 29 Hl./Ha. Fermented in French oak barrels or containers before proceeding to the malolactic ageing in new Bordeaux barrels, also of French oak. Aged for 24 months. Bottled in January 2007.



9,25

Alión 04


Alión 04
BODEGAS Y VIÑEDOS ALIÓN, S.A.

Type: Tinto
Pays: Spain
Région: Ribera del Duero
Localité: 47300 Padilla de Duero
Adresse: Ctra. Nacional, 122, Km. 312,4
(+34) 983881236
Année de création: 1991
Production (bouteilles): 300.000
Surface de vignoble (Ha): 120 en Padilla de Duero y Peñafiel
Marques: Alión
Prix à la carte: Sobre 35 €


To leave no room for doubt, this is the finest Alión to date, taking in to account the exceptional quality of the vintage. A fascinating nose, fruity and fresh, wild, with hints of strawberry, raspberry and blackberry, complemented by other smoked and toasted sensations from the wood-barrel ageing process. On the palate the wine expresses potency, elegance, substance and harmony, with an important structure. The fruit, the essence of the raw product, prevails over the secondary nuances derived from the barrel, enriching it with subtlety. Noble and compact.
100% tinta fina from vines that date between 25 and 30 years old. 15 months in new Nevers barrels. 267,900 Bordeaux bottles, 4,010 magnums, 415 double magnums and 55 imperials.



8,5

Château la Louvière 02


Château la Louvière 02
Château la Louvière

Type: Tinto
Pays: France
Région: Burdeos Pessac-Léognan
Localité: 33850 Léognan
Adresse: 149, av. Cadaujac
(+33) 0557255858
Année de création: 1791
Production (bouteilles): 250.000
Surface de vignoble (Ha): 48
Marques: Château Rochemorin, Château Cruzeau y Château La Louvière
Prix à la carte: 30 €


An impressive wine: aromas, flavor, concentration, structure, complexity… with notes of dark wild berries, aromas of the forest and, above all, the grape. The woody element is evident, as well as the presence of toasted notes. It establishes itself in the mouth, confirming its character with elegance and harmony. Bitter, acidic and tannic sensations follow, providing freshness and nuances.
64% cabernet sauvignon, 30% merlot, 3% cabernet franc and 3% petit verdot. Aged for 12 months in French oak barrels. Bottled in June, 2004.

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8,5

Château Milens 01


Château Milens 01
SARL Chateau Milens

Type: Tinto
Pays: France
Région: Burdeos Saint-Hippolyte, Saint-Emilion
Localité: 33330 Saint-Hippolyte
Adresse:
(+33) 0557552447
Année de création: 1998
Production (bouteilles): 40.000
Surface de vignoble (Ha): 6,2
Marques: Château Milens y Tour de Sème
Prix à la carte: 37 €


A special wine with a youthful spirit, lively, with all the necessary components–one that you will adore after getting to know it. Its enormous personality makes it surprising, yet it is easy to drink. Both the bouquet and mouth express powerful bitter sensations with hints of almonds, cacao and toasted notes… pleasant and stimulating. Dark red fruits, tannins, wood, complexity and longevity in the bottle.
75% merlot and 25% cabernet franc. Aged 18 months in new barrels.

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