First Mourvèdre Monday in the new format!!
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I’ve tried 3-4 of the wines in this lineup over the past year or two and this is first one that has really grabbed my attention.
Price: around $17
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June 20th, 2011 | Tags: Monastrell, Mourvèdre Monday, Yecla | Category: Price: 16-20 bucks, Tasting Notes | 
Leave a comment.Back to Spain for Mourvèdre Monday. This one’s from Bodegas Castaño, one of the biggest producers of Monastrell in Yecla, in southeastern Spain. This wine got 90+ points from Parker for 5 straight vintages, including this one. Let’s see what’s up. Producer: Bodegas Castaño Grapes: 100% Monastrell Appellation: Yecla Vineyards: From 30+ year old vines [...] August 30th, 2010 | Tags: 2005, Monastrell, Mourvèdre, Spain, Yecla | Category: Price: 11-15 bucks, Tasting Notes |
Leave a comment.This wine always catches my eye on the shelf, with it’s orange label and simple design. I’ve had past vintages and like it pretty well, so let’s see what’s up with the 2008. Carro Tinto 2008 Producer: Bodega Señorio de Barahonda. They put out 10 or 12 different bottlings of Monastrell or Monastrell blends under [...] June 7th, 2010 | Tags: 2008, Merlot, Monastrell, Mourvèdre, Spain, Syrah, tempranillo, Yecla | Category: Price: 10 bucks or less, Tasting Notes |
Leave a comment.This is the tenth installment of Mourvèdre Monday. Click here for the other posts in the series. We return to Spain for this week’s Mourvèdre Monday post. And not only back to Spain, but back to the producer of Week 1′s wine: the Barahonda 06 Monastrell. This is another wine in their lineup – this [...] March 22nd, 2010 | Tags: 2007, Monastrell, Mourvèdre, Spain, Syrah, Yecla | Category: Price: 11-15 bucks, Tasting Notes |
4 comments. Add yours.A recent post over at Benito’s Wine Reviews got me thinking about rosé. I need a reminder every once in a while. Almost every time I drink one, I think, “Why don’t I drink this more often?” Then I go back to my reds and whites. So, as I was contemplating what to pull from [...] March 1st, 2010 | Tags: 2007, Garnacha, Monastrell, Mourvèdre, Rose, Spain, Yecla | Category: Price: 10 bucks or less, Tasting Notes |
6 comments. Add yours.Just after the New Year, I decided to make 2010 ‘The Year of Mourvèdre‘ for VINEgeek and pledged to institute Mourvèdre Mondays. For this, the first installment, I didn’t want to begin with a top-dog wine (Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape, for example), mostly because I didn’t want the rest of the year to seem like a letdown. [...] January 11th, 2010 | Tags: 2006, Monastrell, Mourvèdre, Spain, Yecla | Category: Price: 11-15 bucks, Tasting Notes |
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