MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

8.9

It’s a ripe Bordeaux style from the southeast of Aragon is nice — 8 months ago

Macgill James

9.1

Perfect with a good fish — 3 years ago

Michelle M

9.5

Cherry beef jerky, standing outside a leather shop, lavender and hints of five spice powder on the nose. Very soft, smooth, and polished mouthfeel, thick but subtle legs with kirsch, amaretto, blood orange with under layer of summer berry compote and hints of five spice powder comes out on a long finish at the end. Really really nice. — 5 years ago

Fabio Franchella

9.3

In a professional degustation anywhere in this world I would give him a good 8.8.

But here, in Mondolfo/Marche, Osteria El Gatt, seafruit plate on the table, almost empty beach-view given by the Corona-effect....and with my smiling girl-friend in front of me....it’s a 10!

Let’s compromise on a 9.3! — 6 years ago

with Yvonne and Kathrin

Sanjoh Woosie

9.0

Drink in home due to corona pandemic. — 6 years ago

Dick Schinkel

8.9

PI 3,1415... is the result of the selection of 3.14 Ha. of the local grape Garnacha Blanca from 60 years old vines.

Lovely nose with beeswax, peach, melon, green apple and notes of honey and slightly buttery, medium bodied with the same fruit flavors, fine acidity with a nice nutty note, 89DSP — 7 years ago

Susan Sangiacomo

8.9

Those beer lovers out there seem to love this beer. I’m a beer wimp and like pale and light in flavor and color beers (not light beer in calories). Corona is my thing! This is strong, green, eucalyptus flavored. — 8 years ago

Jeremiah Diaz

9.2

Deep ruby in color; black plums, blackberries, and tabacco on the nose; high acidity; high tannins; tastes like black cherries, leather, and wet gravel with a long finish. — 2 years ago

MaJ CappS

8.9

Fresh lilac and roses in the noses.

Light and plump, deeper tones of blue fruits amd spice. Delicious after thoughts of acidity.
A crazy good wine for the price.
— 4 years ago

Jennifer Lieberman

8.9

Sept 2020 $? (~15-20?) at Norman’s. Color: garnet with corona of raisiny brown. Open about 30 min and... fine. Not sweet, good tannins in mouth, no linger. Unremarkable and goes down easily. After bottle open about 90 min, more spice and edge, classic yet not complex (at all) Pinot flavor. Alc %14.5 but does not land as a “strong” wine. No actual negatives but would only buy ‘16 again for $8 or less. High rating b/c so very easy to drink. — 5 years ago

Marcia Barr

9.0

Had this with a bold meat sauce. Delish! Strong and smooth. — 6 years ago

Magnetochem

9.1

Grenache from Aragon, Olivier’s gift. Good day to open it! — 6 years ago

Randy Fuller

9.4

This beautiful Spanish white wine features a golden tint with a nose of apricots, oranges, limes and a wet driveway. Most of that probably comes from the Garnacha Blanca, but on the palate there's a hint of tropical fruit from the 13% Chardonnay. Minerals are in play from start to finish and the acidity rips at about a medium. You may want some oysters or octopus with this. — 7 years ago

Peg Schadler

10

Perfect wine to drink with your brilliant daughter too early in the day. — 8 years ago

with Laura and Steve

Anthony Kluska

9.1

Classic autumn leaves corona cigar dried flowers — 2 years ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.0

#macabeo #aragon — 3 years ago

Edward Nelson

9.3

Silky smooth with just enough tannins to make me happy. $125-150? This warrants it. Worthy of a nice occasion or baked mostaccioli on a Wednesday night. — 5 years ago

with Michelle

Kelly Hwang

9.0

Dark fruits, Soft tannins. Great art — 5 years ago

Guillermo Vargas

9.2

Excelente! — 6 years ago

Connor Smith

9.2

Sanlúcar de Barrameda was the port that Christopher Columbus set off from in 1492. Just 1 year earlier, duties on wine exports from Sanlúcar had been abolished to take advantage of English merchants desperate for new supply after the loss of Bordeaux.

It began a centuries-long romance between Sherry and English wine lovers, as immortalized in Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 2, when Falstaff glorifies sturdy Spanish 'sack' over thin Bordeaux 'claret' and Rhine 'hock'.

But the honeymoon, quite literally, was not to last. Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon drove a wedge between England and Catholic Europe, and left English wine lovers in need of a new source once again. But Sherry fanatics wouldn't have to go entirely without. When Sir Francis Drake sailed into Cádiz and burned the Spanish fleet in 1587, he carried away 2,900 butts of Sherry - enough to supply London for years - as his most famous prize.

(This is adapted from notes for Le Dû’s Wines ‘History of Wine 1453AD-Present’ seminar, where this wine was poured) — 7 years ago