Another wine tasting though this time not a wine from Granada.
Emilio Moro is a bogeda with a fine reputation in Ribero del Duero and it’s eponymous is one of their most affordable wines. 2017’s season was a difficult one with an unusual Spring frost, but they still produced a very good wine at the price point. It’s 100% Tinto Fino variety and although not marked as one it is a Crianza, having 12 months ageing in the barrel. This wine was bottled in 2019 and has a good 14.5% alcohol content. Vibrant dark red in the glass, the fresh nose jumps out immediately. Most reminiscent to me of raspberry vinegar there’s an acetone whiff coming through too. Giving a few more swirls brings out an interesting saffron note as well, which is unusual. It is really well-balanced out of the glass, those tannins light but still present and doing a great job. Well bodied with juicy fruit and a hint of bitter cocoa rather than chocolate. Extremely drinkable in fact with our without food. I found that the light oak and woodiness come out more when you have downed it, rather than in the mouth. But that could just be me. I has a fairly dry finish but that was pleasing rather than unpleasant! We drank it with a 'burger' of pressed confit duck and morcilla black pudding, a puree of Moorish spiced aubergine along with patatas a lo pobre. It turned out to be a great pairing, complimenting the sweet meat and warm spices really well. I would recommend any wine from the bodega, it’s a top-quality young wine at a great price from a fantastic winery. I look forward to tasting their other wines and especially El Zarzal, their new white wine aged on the lees. It is 100% Godello variety which is more commonly grown around Galicia and has fresh and mineral characteristics.
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AuthorAlex Gonnord-Luty, chef, aspiring good blog writer, Hispanophile, lives currently in France & Spain. Archives
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