Pinyolet Seleccion 2010
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Robert
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A good pairing would be game birds like quail, pheasant, goose or duck, as well as roast chicken with garlic and dried herbs or roast pork tenderloin. Veal, pork or beef sausage prepared with savory herbs would also be a very good match.
Blend: 80% Garnacha, 20% Cariñena
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Slightly more expensive, the 2010 Pinyolet Seleccion is a blend of 80% old vine Grenache and 20% Carinena (from vines planted in 1945 and 1928 respectively). The wine was aged eight months in 2-year old French oak barrels. It exhibits copious notes of damp earth, forest floor, and a fiery, Graves-like, volcanic smokiness that comes from the vineyard’s soils. Rich, full-bodied and deep with plenty of kirsch, raspberry and black currant fruit characteristics, this mouthfilling red should drink well for 5-6 years.
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Spanish red wine is known for being bold, heady, rustic and age-worthy, Spain is truly a one-of-a-kind wine-producing nation. A great majority of the country is hot, arid and drought-ridden, and since irrigation has only been recently introduced and (controversially) accepted, viticulture has sustained—and flourished—only through a great understanding of Spain’s particular conditions. Large spacing between vines allows each enough resources to survive and as a result, the country has the most acreage under vine compared to any other country, but is usually third in production.
Of the Spanish red wines, the most planted and respected grape variety is Tempranillo, the star of Spain’s Rioja and Ribera del Duero regions. Priorat specializes in bold red blends, Jumilla has gained global recognition for its single varietal Monastrell and Utiel-Requena has garnered recent attention for its reds made of Bobal.