Canopy
Riojanda
Viñedo Singular Viñedos Centenarios 2019
Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com
The new Viñedo Singular geographical indication designates wines from particular vineyards or estates and is directly linked to the terroir, which it aims to identify and valorise on the label, tied to the quality requirement that they be excellent wines. Requirements
1. Grapes coming exclusively from a plot or plots that constitute the Viñedo Singular.
2. Vinification, ageing, storage and bottling within the same winery.
3. Minor geographical unit that can comprise a single or several cadastral plots.
4. Minimum age of the vineyard:
5. Evidence, by means of any legally valid title, of having had the exclusive use of the production of the viñedo singular for a minimum period of 10 years without interruption.
6. Maximum production: 5,000 kg/ha for red varieties and 6,922 kg/ha for white varieties.
7. Maximum grape-to-wine ratio: 65%.
8. Specific Grape Grower’s Card.
Growing practices
1. The viñedo singular must be balanced and have limited vigour. During the grape ripening stage, canopy growth should cease completely.
2. Only a single tipping is permitted.
3. Harvested manually. — 2 years ago
Bodegas Canopy
Castillo de Belarfonso No. 214 Méntrida Garnacha 2017
Per- thanksgiving Chinese dinner with ally, Brian and Catherine — 4 years ago
Cavallotto
Vigna San Giuseppe Riserva Bricco Boschis Barolo Nebbiolo 2003
Very HOT vintage. Careful canopy management, no leaf removal. Some raisins. Very mature. Tannins have resolved. — 2 years ago
Château Lascombes
Margaux Merlot Blend 2003
The right order with our Porterhouses. Still has the Margaux elegance presence but, lacks the quality of fruit & characteristics of the 06 Rauzan-Segla.
Not the best vintage I’ve had from Lascombes. Interesting as this was a warm vintage. All my previous 2003’s have shown bright, ripe fruit. The fruits were dull & lacked freshness which, is very different than the other 03’s I’ve had to this point. I don’t know if the staff trimmed too much canopy and the fruit got too much heat and UV light, therefore losing freshness along with a lack of water during the season.
This will still drink well for another 5-8 years before it declines. Our Porterhouses helped contribute to a better experience masking some of its shortcomings.
The wine showed dull, dark fruit with more earthiness than expected given its evolution from its bottle age. Dry soil & clay, stones, dry forest floor, dry tobacco, used leather and withering & dark flowers. The acidity was pleasant but not up to par. The finish lacked Margaux beauty but, it did pop up here and there. Just no consistency. The fruit was flat and lots of dry earth on the long set. Not bad just no up to what I expect from Lascombes and the vintage.
Photos of; Chateau Lascombes, concrete tank cellar, barrel room with some unique lighting for a Bordeaux producer and their tasting salon. — 4 years ago
Weingut Robert Weil
Kiedrich Gräfenberg Spätlese Riesling 2002
At 17 years old the wine still has fabulous fruit and decent acidity though drinking more like a Declassified auslese as opposed to its spaetlese designation. I had some peak of the season fresh corn so cook that she heard it from its cob play stood on a wonton wrapper with a teaspoon of flagra moves on top and after cooking made a little brown butter sauce and the wine was a delicious pairing for that as well as the fresh salad from our garden, heirloom tomatoes fresh basil fresh arugula still growing underneath the canopy of the other veggies and some balsamic vinaigrette yummo! — 5 years ago
Azienda Agricola Barbacarlo di Lino Maga
Barbacarlo Provincia di Pavia IGT 2018
Celebrating my brother and my nephews over
Drank it at 1300m under the canopy of a (supposedly) 600yo beech tree decorating a large picnic
Fun wine for a fun day — 2 years ago
Canopy
Ganadero Mentrida Toledo Garnacha
Nice - easy - deep — 4 years ago
T-Vine Cellars
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
A beautiful nose on this with dark fruits and pencil lead surrounded by a menthol and wintergreen canopy....the palate continues with menthol and graphite in a wash of blackberries, currants, and a white peppered spice...tannic support creeps up at the end and keeps the deliciousness hanging around awhile.... — 6 years ago
Steve Mohebi
CANOPY Jackson Square — 2 years ago