 Spain's wealth of indigenous grape varieties and centuries of unique winemaking traditions make the Spanish wine landscape a fascinating region to explore. At this tasting, we explored the high-quality sparkling wines of the Penedes, the refreshing wines of Txakolina meant to be poured into the glass from several feet above, and a wine from a mind-bending Canary Island vineyard where individual vines are planted in volcanic pits to protect them from the wind.
Raventos 'de nit' Penedes Sparkling Rosé from the forward-thinking winery of Raventos i Blanc. The winemaker's ancestor made the first sparkling wine in Spain after an inspirational visit to Champagne. Bengoetxe Geteriako Txakolina wild-yeast fermented, organicly farmed, unfiltered old-vine wine from the Hondarribi Zuri grape! Vera de Estenas Bobal Utiel-Requena old vines of the Bobal grape, from a producer who shows a different side of what Bobal can be... Dolores Cabrera Fernandez 'La Araucaria' Canary Islands a rare wine from the Canary Islands made from the Listan Negro grape. If you tried the Pipeño at last week's tasting, this wine is the centuries-old origin of Chile's Pais grape.
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Friday, April 20th, 2018
The Magic of Old Vines with Virginia Samsel of Native Selections Clos Lentiscus Sparkling Brut Nature from Sumol vines planted in 1939 El Clar white blend with a majority of 65 year old Xarel-lo vines Pipeño remarkable Pais from a 300yr old vineyard planted by Spanish missionaries Altare 'Dogliani' from Dolcetto vines planted in 1970
Rolet Cremant du Jura Sparkling Brut **this was a crowd favorite! Labet 'Hasard' flor-influenced Chardonnay Rolet l'Etoile Chardonnay (no flor) Vin Jaune flor-influenced Savagnin Rolet 'Old Vine' Poulsard
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