Spain: Top Producers and Bottlings Flashcards
Castillo Ygay (Blanco)
Marques de Murrieta
Gran Reserva
Only made in the best years.
The 1986 was the 1st Spanish white to receive 100 Parker points.
Most recent release is 1994
Castillo Ygay (Red)
Marques de Murrieta
Only made in the best years.
2010 vintage was Spectator’s Wine of the Year.
2017 is the most recent vintage. NOT made in 2012, 2013 and 2015
Termanthia
The top wine from Numanthia, the Toro estate now owned by LVMH. This wine undergoes “200% new oak” - big boy
Alion
Vega Sicilia’s 2nd project, Ribera del Duero.
Ages just 3 years before release… a wine meant to be drunk younger.
Pintia
Vega Sicilia’s project in Toro
Unico
Vega Sicilia’s flagship.
Spends 6 years in barrel, 4 years in bottle.
Tempranillo with some portion of Cabernet
Valbuena 5°
Vega Sicilia
Primarily Tempranillo, with some Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. A younger wine released in every vintage, with grapes from 25- to 35-year-old vines. Fermented in stainless steel and aged for three years in oak followed by two in bottle.
Tondonia vs. Bosconia: what’s the difference?
Tondonia: typically 75% Tempranillo with Mazuelo and Graciano. Revered for structure and complex fruit
Bosconia: typically more Tempranillo and overall a bit softer and rounder - more lush; spends a year less in wood usually
Which of Lopez de Heredia’s 2 vineyards are made into Gran Reserva wines?
Tondonia, Bosconia
Lopez de Heredia’s white - what vintage, what designation, aging?
Vina Tondonia, released as Reserva and Gran Reserva
6 years in barrel. 85 to 90 Viura with a balance of Malvasia.
Current release appears to be.. 2011 Reserva, 2001 Gran Reserva
Lopez de Heredia’s rosé - what vintage, what designation, aging?
Vina Tondonia, released only as Gran Reserva.
Usually about 60 Garnacha/30 Tempranillo/10 Viura. Long aging
Current release appears to be 2012
Gran Reserva 890
La Rioja Alta
Primarily Tempranillo from selected vineyard sites, with some Graciano and Mazuelo. Commemorates the estate’s original winemaker, Monsieur Vigier, and his first wine, the Reserva 1890. The wine is aged in a combination of new and three-year-old American oak barrels, then racked multiple times before bottling.
Gran Reserva 904
Primarily Tempranillo, with a small proportion of Graciano. Commemorates the 1904 acquisition of the Ardanza Winery. The wine is aged in used American oak barrels for an average of four years, then racked numerous times before bottling.
Prado Enea
Muga, recent vintage 2015
36 months in French and American oak, 36 months in bottle before release
Gran Reserva***
Torre Muga
Muga, of course
No age classification, recent release 2019
Ages in new French oak. The modern Muga.
Aro
Muga, recent vintage 2019
ages 18 months in new French oak.
Millenium Gran Reserva
Tinto Pesquera, Ribera del Duero
100% Tempranillo from Viña Alta. Aged 30 months in French oak barrels, then 10 months in bottle. Inaugural vintage 2008.
What does CUNE stand for?
Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España
What are the 3 labels under the CUNE umbrella?
Imperial
Vina Real
Contino
Imperial Gran Reserva
2016 recent release
85% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano, 5% Mazuelo, from low-yielding vines about 20 years old. The grapes are hand-harvested and destemmed, then undergo a long maceration to extract color and tannin. The wine is aged in American oak barrels for three years and in bottle for four years.
Cirsion
Bodegas Roda
100% Tempranillo. Bodegas Roda believes there is a higher level of polymerisation of tannins in some grapes, leading to a fuller taste, and hand select these bunches from different parcels of old vines. Inaugural vintage 1998.
Recent… 2016
Barón de Chirel
Marques de Riscal
Primarily Tempranillo with Cabernet Sauvignon, from 80- to 110-year-old vines. Aged in French barrique for about 20 months. Only produced in exceptional vintages. Inaugural vintage 1986.
El Nido
Jumilla
70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Monastrell
Vina El Pison
flagship single bottling from Artadi. No age designate - recent vintage 2019
Producer from Montila-Moriles?
Alvear
