On Thursday evening at Javea Golf Club, we had an excellent tasting evening, attended by 51 members and guests, a really impressive turnout for this time of year. It was hosted by Sara and Neville Richardson. The wines were presented by Gonzalo Lainez, export manager for Principe de Viana Group, who own and distribute many excellent Spanish wines. He was supported by Luis Blasco, owner of Bodegas Blasco in Teulada. A fuller report on the evening will follow in the monthly newsletter.
We tasted five wines, as follows:
Whites Tesela Albillo (our price €6.95 per bottle)
A straw yellow colour with golden green hues. An every day drinking wine with elegant bouquet of apricot, pineapple, white flowers and fresh herb aromas, It has a good mouth feel, smooth, fresh pleasantly fruity. A good wine for an evening glass by the poolside on the family visits.
Clunia Abillo (our price €11.66 per bottle)
A really well produced wine, bright lemon in appearance with hints of green and golden hues. On the nose there are fresh fruit aromas of apricot, pineapple and grapefruit with subtle floral and herbal hints. Fresh and elegant on tasting, with an ample fruit palate and a long, lingering fruity finish.
Reds Tesela by Clunia Syrah-Tempranillo (our price €6.95 per bottle)
Intense deep ruby red colour with violet hues. It has intense aromas of black fruit, blueberries, blackberries and ripe cherries, with subtle hints of cocoa. Well balanced with elegant tannins and long fruity finish.
Clunia Syrah (our price €11.66 per bottle)
Rated as one of the best Syrah/Shiraz wines in the world. Intense and bright ruby red colour. Complex and original, notes of black fruits, blackberry and red cherry preserve which combine to perfection with the hints of vanilla and tobacco leaves, toffee, eucalyptus. The palate is a true reflexion of the nose. The intensity of the fruit, together with the smooth tannins make this a pleasant, elegant, supple, harmonic wine.
Clunia Malbec (our price €17.22 per bottle)
This is an excellent quality wine. 5 months ageing in French oak barrels, including malolactic fermentation. Deep cherry red with deep purple hues. Intense aromas of black and red fruits and subtle mineral notes of spices. Blackberries, blueberries, plums with a touch of black pepper, complemented by the complexity gained from the fine ageing in barrels which perfectly integrates hints of toast and toffee to the bouquet.
