In Barcelona this weekend, had this amazing red wine with tapas for dinner.
A blend of Garnacha and Cariñena, not familiar at all with this region or most of Spain’s wines, did some googling on this one and this wine is from 20-80 year old vines from Llicorella soil, which is rough and limestone.
Paid 36 euro for this at the table which I thought was awesome QPR and really loved it, the only reference I have is wine from Crianza and this definitely had a similar style, mineral finish on every sip, lovely oak integration and dark fruit notes that opened up with time. Really nice acidity too to cut the heaviness, and I didn’t really notice the 15% alcohol either. It opened up to a beautiful heavier but balanced red.
No idea if this is imported in the US but would definitely drink all the time, loving Spain’s wine scene so far.
by Minoiboisoy