Oh my god!!! how difficult can be to get a good wine (cheap and known for my pocket) in England, here you have a little bit of culture-tips and my own selection. Prices are in Euro because I have just found two of them in Tesco, (Albariño «Rias Baixas, the best choice to me) I really don't understand why it's so difficult to find them when they are cheaper and the taste is much more better than the other wines.
In recent times the Spanish wine industry has really come onto the world scene with a whole new range of wine styles which have adapted to market demands and an enormous improvement in quality.
Spanish wine - labels
-Bottles labelled Joven (Young) are the juniors.
-Crianza is aged for one year in a barrel and one year in a bottle before release.
-Reserva spends one year in a barrel and a further two in the bottle.
-Gran Reserva is aged for a minimum of two years in wood and held in the bottle for three.
You may also notice the initials DO on a bottle.
It stands for Denominación de Origen - literally meaning "Denomination of Origin", portraying where the wine comes from.
This now has an "upper level" for the very best wines - Denominación de Origen Calificada - or DOCa
-Crianza is aged for one year in a barrel and one year in a bottle before release.
-Reserva spends one year in a barrel and a further two in the bottle.
-Gran Reserva is aged for a minimum of two years in wood and held in the bottle for three.
You may also notice the initials DO on a bottle.
It stands for Denominación de Origen - literally meaning "Denomination of Origin", portraying where the wine comes from.
This now has an "upper level" for the very best wines - Denominación de Origen Calificada - or DOCa
Top selection
- Ribera del Duero Crianza 2005 - Bodegas Resalte Peñafiel - 26€.
- Ribera del Duero Viña Mayor Reserva 2004 - Hijos de Antonio Barceló - 19€.
- Rioja Crianza 2006 - Bodegas LAN - 9€.
- Rioja Reserva 2005 - Bodegas Beronia - 14€.
- Rioja Reserva 2004 - Bodegas Ondarre 13€.
- Albariño «Rias Baixas Lagar 2009» - Bodegas Bouza do Rei - 10€.
- Ribera del Duero 2006 - Bodegas Dominio de Atauta - 24€.
- Albariño «Rias Baixas 2008» - Viña Nora - 13€.
- Syrah-Petit Verdot Dominio de Valdepusa Caliza 2006 - Marqués de Griñón - 12€.