Bodegas Aragonesas Duque Sevilla Campo de Borja Garnacha Tempranillo 2020 Bodegas Aragonesas was founded in 1984 by members of a former cooperative who wanted to raise the overall quality of the wines and to market their wines themselves. Today, the Aragonesas is by far the largest bodega in Campo de Borja and boasts Grenache vines … Read More
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Borsao Viña Borgia Organic Garnacha 2020
Borsao Viña Borgia Organic Garnacha 2020 $19 Paired with Stir-Fried Beef with Green Beans, Gochujang and Kimchi in dish Magazine Issue 104 Winter 2022 With all the heat and heft of the chilli in this recipe, you’d be wanting to slip down the sweeter side of the street. The Borsao Viña Borgia Organic Garnacha 2020 … Read More
Marin Barbacoa Cariñena Garnacha Tempranillo 2017
Marin Barbacoa Cariñena Garnacha Tempranillo 2017 $19.99 Hand me my poncho, a pistol and a plucky pony and I’m roaring off into the Spanish sunset to find another bottle of this gorgeous grenache tempranillo blend. Charred and meaty and smashed with dark berries and soy, it’s a spicy, grip-around-the-gums style that’ll shiver your timbers and … Read More
Anciano Old Vines 35yo Garnacha 2015
Anciano Old Vines 35yo Garnacha 2015 $19.99 Here’s a comfortingly rich, round and rumpty Spanish Garnacha made from 35 y.o. vines from Calatayud. Made by Norrel Robertson MW, it’s scented with cough drop characters, Irish Moss, anise, dutch cocoa and hints of saddle leather – all of which saturate onto the palate. The acidity is fresh, finely tuned … Read More
El Burro Kickass Garnacha 2013
El Burro Kickass Garnacha 2013 $16.95 ★★★½ Kickass by name and kickass by nature (if ‘by nature’ means you’re looking for a bright, vibrantly fruity, berry-driven red that also has a sniff of cocoa and cured beef and boasts a plush, toasty finish) According to the importer, it gets its name from the donkeys or … Read More
Borsao Garnacha 2009
Borsao Garnacha 2009 $21 A saucy Spanish red from Aragon’s Campo de Borja subregion, it is a blend of 85 percent Garnacha (Grenache) and 25 percent Tempranillo with layers of dried herbs, plum, tea leaf, coffee bean and red rose notes. Superb with anything chargrilled, this wine has warming, spicy smoke and cocoa characters on … Read More
Hens, Chickens and Frost…
You’d expect at the end of January things out there in winery land would be all go. With harvest just weeks away surely there’d be no end of things to do; tanks to clean, barrels to wash, equipment to sterilise and loads of general endeavour by everyone concerned. So on a sneaky little trip to … Read More