It says October on the calendar, but the weather looks like a few more days of outdoor dining. Hopefully the only smoke will be from the barbeque. Come pick up some of these Spanish to help wash it all down.
2021 Sierra Cantabria Rioja Rosado $13
60% Viura, 30% Garnacha, 10% Tempranillo
Red and white grapes co-fermented to make a rosé. Pleasing, evocative, and well-textured on the palate. This wine shines with aromas and flavors of tart red fruit, sandalwood, and light chalkiness.
2020 Mendieta Osaba Mendi Rioja $14
Tempranillo
Carbonic Maceration Tempranillo. Packed with perfume on the nose, this is a very fresh, youthful rioja with intense aromas of blackberries and dashes of spices. Bursting with fruit, this wine is round and complex with licorice notes and a long finish.
2020 Pinord Diorama Ribera del Duero $14
Tempranillo
A full young Ribera red, with notes of eucalyptus, spice and ripe rich fruit.
2017 Grifoll Declara Predicat Priorat $21
45% Garnacha, 45% Carignan, 10% Merlot
A powerful red wine from Catalonia, the Predicat enchants with notes of plum, blackcurrant, plum and blackberry. Tracing the aromatics further, cocoa bean, dark chocolate and gingerbread spice come through.
2020 Alvaro Palacios Camins del Priorat $25
55% Garnacha, 15% Syrah, 12% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, 8% Cariñena
A high scoring entry wine from Palacios. Notes of vanilla, toast, smoke, tobacco, dark fruit, red fruit, spice box, cedar, and mushroom. Rich flavors of black currant, blackberry, dust, leather, currant, blueberry, strawberry, cherry, bell pepper, licorice and anise.