1998 Remirez de Ganuza Reserva

[Capocheny]

Tasted this terrific wine at a celebration dinner the other evening and it was TASTY! The Sommelier recommended this as I wanted something 360 degrees from Burgundy in the way of nose and taste.

I'd never even heard of this wine before but I can say this much... "I'm sure glad it was recommended and I'd love to have a few bottles in my cellar!" [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]

It's made up of 90% Tempranillo and 10% Graciano. 14% alcohol and is aged in barrel for 24 months (if I'm reading my Spanish correctly!)

The nose is of dark, dark fruit (reminds me of an aged dark fruitcake), nutty, vanilla, coffee, spices, woody, truffles (?) and almost tarry! ... hard to describe for me because I've not tasted that much Tempranillo before. :-) It was a big wine and the finish stayed on the palate a good long time. It was a dark, ruby, black cherry/plum color. As it opened up... the taste became much more rounded and softened up beautifully, caressing the palate.... smooooth! Gads, I'm gushing!!! [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img] It was tasty! [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]

If I could locate some of this wine for my cellar I'd be very happy. Unfortunately, I've not managed to find any in my neck of the woods! I'm not sure where this wine was sourced from by the restaurant (The Vancouver Club.)

You folks down in the US get some phenomenal wines that we'll NEVER see up here (unfortunately!).

Anyway... it was delicious and I'd wholeheartedly suggest it to any of you who enjoy/love Spanish wines.

Cheers