Thoughts on wine

10 Top Value Spanish Wines – 2019 Edition

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Summer’s just around the corner and here in Barcelona, the weather suddenly went from a gentle Spring to a full-blown warning within the space of 2 days. Generally speaking, as the weather gets hotter my own wine consumption goes gradually down, to be replaced with ice-cold beer, negronis and gin and tonics. However, I still […]

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Wine Review: Clos Lojen 2016

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*tasting note at the bottom **Part of the ‘Spanish Value Experiment‘ Another random selection for the Spanish Value Experiment, and next up is Clos Lojen 2016, a 100% Bobal from DO Manchuela in east-central Spain. Bobal is the 2nd most planted red variety in Spain yet so little of it reaches the heights of which […]

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Wine Review: Mesquida Mora ‘Sincronia’ 2016

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Bodega Mesquida Mora ‘Sincronia’ 2016 *tasting note at the bottom **Part of the ‘Spanish Value Experiment‘ So, time to kick off the ‘Spanish value experiment’. As I’m storing the wines on the floor of my already crowded ‘study’, they’re being picked at complete random like some sort of arcade game for alcoholics. First up is […]