A hot Thursday 3rd July 2009

A hot Thursday 3rd July

WOW it is a warm day...especially when you're unloading a huge pallet of wine - well Nick did most of it i have to confess but I lugged a token few boxes just to get a bit of a sweat on. Alvario Palacios dropped in today - he's doing a brief tour of the North West and bobbed in to show us some of his wines. Alvario is very cool, he makes wine in Rioja, Priorat and Bierzo. We've stocked his Montesa Crianza Rioja for some time (since we opened actually) and i've always been a huge fan. More recently we've got La vendimia Rioja (less oak ageing) and his Les Terrasses Priorat. Today we tasted through his riojas including his White Rioja and then four wines from Bierzo. This is a really exciting region - see my video tasting notes i have wittered on about it before. The key grape of the region in Mencia and Alvaro's examples must surely be amongst the best out there. A brilliant balance of charm/elegance and power, if you're interested let us know and we'll get them in.....K

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