{"id":6412,"date":"2018-12-07T10:36:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T10:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/?p=6412"},"modified":"2018-12-07T10:36:25","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T10:36:25","slug":"tasting-20th-september-2018-la-senia-denia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/tasting-20th-september-2018-la-senia-denia\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasting 20th September 2018 &#8211; La Senia &#8211; Denia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6412 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/20180920_195259\/'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_195259-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_195259-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_195259-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_195259-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_195259-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/20180920_192806\/'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_192806-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_192806-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_192806-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_192806-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_192806-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/20180920_192810\/'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_192810-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_192810-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_192810-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_192810-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_192810-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">members enjoying pre-tasting drinks<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">74 members and guests attended the September tasting at Restaurante \u00a0La Senia in Denia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">John Davis our guest speaker from London was introduced by President Paul Nicholls.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6160\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/20-september-restaurante-la-senia-denia\/20180920_202004\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6160\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6160\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6160\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_202004-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_202004-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_202004-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_202004-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_202004-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President with speaker John Davis<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0John has decades of experience in the wine trade and he gave a fascinating insight into his theme of <strong>\u201cIs climate change a good thing?<\/strong>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cIf like me you tend to disbelieve anything politicians say, you will have scoffed at Trump when he categorically stated climate change was not happening.\u00a0 Several US hurricanes, floods and wild fires later &amp; he does not appear to have altered his opinion \u2013 or more likely the lines he is fed have not changed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For me there can be little doubt that man&#8217;s interference with nature on a global scale has affected the world&#8217;s climate.\u00a0 It is more than a cyclical weather pattern that has yielded the hottest summers in Europe, and shrinking icecaps raising sea levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">However it is not all gloom and doom.\u00a0 Science influences winemaking, and the challenge of combatting these wild weather patterns has led to some unexpected bonuses.\u00a0 New regions are open to growing vines, especially at altitude.\u00a0 And here in Spain we have a ready made answer \u2013<strong> Galicia<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is not that long ago that the wine produce of this wonderfully picturesque northwest corner was consigned to the \u201coddity\u201d cupboard.\u00a0 The whites were generally thin and acidic with no aging potential.\u00a0 The old cry of the wine not travelling well was not put to the test, as little was exported.\u00a0 The reds were virtually unknown.\u00a0 The main reason was climate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><u>Wines tasted:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><u>2016 <\/u><\/strong><strong><u>Bodegas Aldea de Abaixo<\/u><\/strong> <strong><u>SE\u00d1OR\u00cdO DA TORRE [LEES] LIAS,\u00a0 RIAS BAIXAS<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Blend\u00a0 &#8211; 85% Albari\u00f1o, 15% Loureira and Ca\u00ed\u00f1o\u00a0\u00a0 Alc 12.5%\u00a0 <strong>\u20ac9.08<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Albari\u00f1o has become the darling of the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century, and\u00a0 is one of the most distinctive white wine grapes in <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbr.com\/region-30-spain\">Spain<\/a>. Its thick skin enables it to withstand the damp climate of Galicia. The Rosal wine, Se\u00f1or\u00edo da Torre on L\u00edas remains for twelve months maturing on its own lees, to achieve the release of polysaccharides\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is a great wine to lay down for a few years,<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">it is a limited edition wine:3,000 bottles and 250 magnums were released.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><u>2017 QUINTA DO REBOLO, RIBEIRO <\/u><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a013.5% <strong>\u20ac7.26<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">100%\u00a0 Godello\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 between 9000 &amp; 15000 bottles p\/a depending upon vintage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At its best it produces wines that are intense and tasty in the mouth, easily reaching 14\u00ba of alcohol with a good acidity, producing balanced musts, giving taste power to blends. In the Certificate of Origin Ribeiro it is usually added to give volume, oily texture and smoothness but it is increasingly appreciated as a single-variety.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Clean and bright straw yellow colour with green sparkles. Average aromatic intensity with a slaty middle (good terroir!); apple, grapefruit &amp; peach. Well structured\u00a0 palate, fresh and sweet-edged. Elegant finish with very good acidity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Awards \/ Medals : DECANTER 92, TASTINGS USA 91 Past vintages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><u>2014 Adega Eloi Lorenzo LONXE, RIBEIRO<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12.9% <strong>\u20ac13.31<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">100% TREIXADURA\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Production &#8211; 4,666 botts. 186 Mags.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Located in the southern part of the D.O.P. Ribeiro, his vineyards have the highest altitude of the area , overlooking the river Mi\u00f1o. Using natural viticulture based on the principles of biodynamic agriculture with respect for nature helps the development of life on the plantation. Mountain living soil, poor and hard, granite\/clay, produces an extreme climate but very balanced maturation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The grapes for this vintage were hand harvested between 15\/18 September,2014. Once the grapes arrived at the winery, they were de-stemmed, squeezed and marinated for 8 hours at room temperature. Then bleeding, manual pressing in a vertical press, and passing the wort to stainless steel tanks, it cold-fermented for 20 days. It was left on its fine lees for 9 months, then clarified, filtered and bottled. The finished wine was cellared for 16 months before release. This vintage was bottled on June 13 2015, fruit day.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Golden yellow colour. Aromas of cooked rice, dried fruits, and linen with a crisp, medium dry body then a captivating, honeyed apple, pepper, nuts, and bark finish.\u00a0 Chewy, fruit tannins. High minerality with a suggestion of grape skins. A mature white for the table.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><u>2016 QUINTA DO REBOLO, RIBEIRO Mencia<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12.5% <strong>\u20ac6.54<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">15,000 bottles produced MENC\u00cdA 100%\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2016 is considered an \u201cexcellent\u201d vintage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hotter summers in Galicia have meant there is a greater need for good husbandry in the vineyards.\u00a0 Green harvesting and canopy management are now de rigeur to avoid sun scorch.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The single-variety wines are fine, elegant and fruity, with hints of red and black forest fruits. It can reach alcohol levels of about 12-14 vol and its total acidity is around 4-5gr\/l expressed as tartaric acid. %. <strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Fresh wine, light and elegant, bright medium layer, red cherry colour with violet flashes. Aroma of red fruits &#8211; currant, cherry, blueberries. Silky and without astringency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><u>2016 CASALDRES, O ROSAL, RIAS BAIXAS<\/u><\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12% <strong>\u20ac7.87<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Only 1,000 bottles produced\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Menc\u00eda 45%, Sous\u00f3n 45% and Casta\u00f1al 10%<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It\u2019s rare for a grape variety to break through to the mainstream as rapidly as Spanish red grape Menc\u00eda has. Just five years ago it was hard to find any at all in the UK. Now most retailers stock at least one example.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our main conclusions on climate are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are significant positive correlations between temperature and grape production and wine quality in the area. Rainfall has a negative correlation apart from during the bloom period when rainfall is beneficial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Day-to-day variations in weather also influence both grape production and wine quality. Thus, S and SWcirculation types are beneficial when they appear during the bloom stage, but S types cause damage during veraison. Wine quality correlations are similar, considering again the harmful role of A types during the bloom stage that then become favourable during veraison. In this last stage, C, NW and SW types are negatively correlated with quality due to the rainfall and low temperatures associated with them at this time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The vote of thanks to John Davis was given by Sian Bowen.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-6412 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/20180920_212528\/'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_212528-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_212528-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_212528-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_212528-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_212528-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/20180920_212533\/'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_212533-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_212533-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_212533-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_212533-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/20180920_212533-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">members enjoying the tasting<\/h5>\n<h6>Text by Tim Fawle based on John Davis\u00b4 notes, photos by Paul Nicholls\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 September 2018<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>members enjoying pre-tasting drinks 74 members and guests attended the September tasting at Restaurante \u00a0La Senia in Denia. John Davis our guest speaker from London was introduced by President Paul Nicholls.\u00a0 \u00a0John has decades of experience in the wine trade&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/tasting-20th-september-2018-la-senia-denia\/\">Read more \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6412"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6413,"href":"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6412\/revisions\/6413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cbws.eu\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}