Category: Spain

Bodegas Naia Rueda Las Brisas White

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Bodegas Naia Rueda
Fanciful Name: Las Brisas
Varietal: White
Country of Origin: Spain
Appellation: Rueda
Retail Price: $10.99

Tasting Notes: 50% verdejo, 30% viura and 20% sauvignon blanc. Versatile every-day white; balanced acidity with a easy mineral finish. Perfect for apps, tapas, grilled veggies and shellfish.
Bodegas Naia Rueda Las Brisas White

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Pares Balta Blanc de Pacs 2014

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Pares Balta
Varietal: Blend
Vintage: 2014
Country of Origin: Spain
Appellation: Penedes
Retail Price: $12.99

Tasting Notes: It’s cava without the bubbles. Super delicious from beginning to end, with a well-balanced acid/fruit finish. Perfect with light summer cheeses and salads. Plus it’s organic!
Pares Balta Blanc de Pacs 2014

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Zeta Albarino White 2016

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Zeta Albarino
Varietal: White
Vintage: 2016
Country of Origin: Spain
Retail Price: $19

Tasting Notes: Hints of anise and white flowers lead to crisp, fresh pit fruit on the palate. Love the tangy, tense finish here. Screams for seafood or flaky white fish.
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Abadia de Tortoreos Albarino White

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Abadia de Tortoreos Albarino
Varietal: White
Country of Origin: Spain
Appellation: Rias Baixas
Retail Price: $17.99

Tasting Notes: I don't always get excited about albarino, but Abadia de Tortoreos is another story. Meyer lemon dominates in a way that will shock you and keep you wanting more. Light, fun drinking happens with this in your glass. This wine from Rias Baixas begs you to drink it outside on a summer day, taking you mentally to the nearest beach. Albarino at its best!
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Magana Merlot 2011

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Magana
Varietal: Merlot
Vintage: 2011
Country of Origin: Spain
Appellation: Navarra
Retail Price: $66.49

Tasting Notes: A wine made only in the best vintages and only nine times since 1979. This exemplifies the darker, denser expression of Merlot with caramelized cherries, smoke, rich loam and bay leaf. Somewhat gritty tannins should integrate with time.
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Marqués de Cáceres Dry Rosé 2013

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Marqués de Cáceres
Varietal: Sparkling
Vintage: 2013
Country of Origin: Spain
Appellation: Rioja
Retail Price: $9

Tasting Notes: Produced from Tempranillo, the iconic grape of the Rioja region, the wine is a bright, medium salmon-pink. The nose is comprised of fresh berries, with a slight floral aspect. Very enticing. The palate is bright and fresh, and the elegant berry flavors persist through the balanced finish.
Marqués de Cáceres Dry Rosé 2013

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Las Rocas Rosé

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Los Rocas
Varietal: Rosé
Country of Origin: Spain
Appellation: Calatayud
Retail Price: $12

Tasting Notes: 100% Grenache. Light bodied and crisp with Strawberry and cherry flavors. Fairly long, pleasant dry finish. A good buy.
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Las Rocas Rosé 2014

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Las Rocas
Fanciful Name: Garnacha
Varietal: Rosé
Vintage: 2014
Country of Origin: Spain
Appellation: Calatayud
Retail Price: $11

Tasting Notes: 100% old vine Grenache from Calatayud in Northeast Spain. Tremendous value. Aromatic with exuberant red raspberry flavors. Lush texture and juicy finish.
Las Rocas Rosé 2014

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Poquito Valencia 2015

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Poquito
Varietal: Moscato
Vintage: 2015
Country of Origin: Spain
Retail Price: $9

Tasting Notes: It doesn’t get any cuter than this! Moscatel de Alejandria from Valencia, Spain, all packaged in a soda pop bottle with a metal cap. Delicate floral, apricots and pears, super refreshing and just 5% alcohol. Great over ice.
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Botani Moscato 2014

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Botani
Varietal: Moscato
Vintage: 2014
Country of Origin: Spain
Appellation: Sierras de Malaga
Retail Price: $19

Tasting Notes: An aromatic, full-flavored dry style, not “frizzante.” A bouquet of melon, peach, apricot and mandarin orange leads to bold, rich flavors of the same fruits that thoroughly coat the palate. The finish is crisp, quite dry and long. The wine is beautifully balanced, and is delicious by itself as an aperitif, but will complement seafood, pork, fowl, even curries, sate’s and Szechuan cuisine. 13.5% ABV.
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