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Marqués de Murrieta Dalmau, Rioja 2013 from Spain

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Theres cheap and expensive Rioja and it’s worth just trying the expensive side once in a while. It shows that you should just cut back, drink less but pay more for quality wines.

Redcurrant, cherry and pepper notes on the nose are added to by well integrated acidity and tannins. I had this with food which was probably for the best, but its pretty smooth. Even though it’s 6 years old it’s still a solid ruby in colour and has great flavours.

At over £40 a bottle it’s expensive, great though. If you are pushing the boat out on a Rioja for the first time look at £20 a bottle. You should still see the difference between cheap and pricey.

Dalmau Rioja 2013 from Spain

Marqués de Murrieta Dalmau Rioja 2013 from Spain

Marque’s de Riscal 2007 Grand Reserva

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They have been making wine for over 2 hundred years and it shows. There are aroma’s of black fruit, blackcurrant, blackberry, vanilla and tobacco. Flavours of black fruits, with a jammy over time and smooth silky finish. The tannins have softened in 12 years but can just be picked up, smooth and luscious are 2 words to describe this wine.

Best to buy by the case and open a bottle each year. The 2 or 3 year old bottles are about £14 each so very good value for such a cracking wine

Marque's de Riscal 2007 grand reserve

Marque’s de Riscal 2007 grand reserva

Pere Ventura 2012 Cava

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Made with the Xarel·lo and Chardonnay grapes this is a top end Cava. There are aromas of fennel and floral notes and flavours of almonds and butterscotch. There is a lovely creamy texture to the wine that makes it very easy to knock back on its own. Pair it with sea food or as we did with salad and citrus based salad dressing.

My only gripe about the wine is in the price. At £25 plus a bottle it’s in the champagne and top English sparkling wine price bracket. The bottle is gorgeous which helps to market it but with Cava on the bottle I think people will bypass it. It’s a shame because blind tasted I think people will pick it.

Pere Ventura 2012 Cava

Pere Ventura 2012 Cava

La trucha – Albarino 2015 and Cadbury s caramel buttons

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Read the back of the bottle and it gives you the usual blurb on what it goes with, fish, rice, pasta, tapas, scrambled eggs! Therefore I would conclude that this wine should actually be drunk for breakfast. I therefore the thought what else would this go with.

Never let It be said that I did not do a serious review. Yes you get the usual aromas and flavours honeysuckle and and lemon with the feeling of high acidity. As a 2015 vintage this is a really deep golden colour with a stronger flavour that you’d get with the age over a younger albarino. But the real question is does this go with cadburys caramel buttons? The sweetness of the caramel is high and is picked up with honey notes from the wine, when both are cold it’s a really nice combination, the other one you could try is an cold chardonnay with cadbury’s milk chocolate and suck the milk chocolate while drinking the wine.

La trucha 2015 Albarino tasting with caramel buttons

La trucha 2015 Albarino tasting with caramel buttons