This blog is about Spanish Wine from the perspective of three lay people as we set out to learn about Spanish Wine, one bottle at a time. We hope you will find the information we present useful and to help you my first post is going to be about methodology.
First, we pick a region. We are beginning with the Ribera del Duero region.
Then, We sample one bottle each week as follows:
- A short tasting of the wine only.
- We consume most of the bottle with dinner.
- If there is any left, we try it relative to the dessert, if appropriate (so far chocolate and chocolate desserts have accommodated our wines best.
- We then discuss our thoughts which I transcribe here
- Winery
- Varietal composition (strangely, this is sometimes very hard to find)
- Barrel Aging (and oak type, toast, etc when I can find it)
- Purchase Price + Location
- Details of the meal it accompanied
As a final note, we will not discuss point-scale ratings by magazines or wine tasters. These scores, in isolation, serve only to reduce the complexity and true character of wine.
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