Summer Passport Series: Spain

Summer Passport Series: Spain

THE BLIND MONK’S SUMMER PASSPORT SERIES

A TASTE OF SPAIN

Monday, September 29 2014

 

RAVENTOS I BLANC L’HEREU, CONCA DEL RIU ANOIA 2011

TASTER $7 | GLASS $12 | BOTTLE $38

The Raventos family has been growing grapes and making Champagne Method sparkling wine in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia, Penedes since1497. In 1984, the family split and Raventos i Blanc has been making immaculate terroir-driven wine from organically farmed Spanish indigenous grapes Macabeu, Xarelo, and Parellada ever since.

 

BERROIA “TXAKOLI” HONDARRABI ZURI, BIZKAIKO TXAKOLINA 2012

TASTER $5 | GLASS $8 | BOTTLE $32

Txakolí wines have a slightly effervescent character and are often poured from a height to enhance its mild carbonation. Three Spanish DO regions in Spain produce Txakolí wines in the Basque country: Txakolí de Guetaria, Txakolí de Bizkaia and Txakolí de Alava, and there are two Txakolí styles: a cider style and a still wine style. The Berroia is estate-bottled and made in the wine style.

 

ALTO MONCAYO GARNACHA, CAMPO DE BORGA 2010

TASTER $8 | GLASS $14 | BOTTLE $60

Estate-bottled and made from 100% Garnacha, the Alto Moncayo has a noticeable minerality imparted by the red clay and slate soil in which its old vines grow. This minerality provides a nice balance to the cooked fruit notes resulting from the hot climate of Aragon, located to the east of Rioja.

 

DOMINIO DOSTARES CUMAL PRIETO PICUDO, CASTILL Y LEON 2004

TASTER $8 | GLASS $15 | BOTTLE $64

Cumal, means “mountain summit,” which refers to Dominio Dostares’ vineyards 900 meters above sea-level high in Castilla y León. The average age of the vines from which the 100% Prieto Picudo grapes are sourced are 95 years old for this estate-bottled, unfiltered, limited-production wine.

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 FLIGHT OF ALL FOUR | $25

 

“SALUD Y AMOR Y TIEMPO PARA DISFRUTARLO!”

(“Health and love and time to enjoy it”)

Sep 28, 2014