Sustainable Farming in Losada Vinos de Finca. Replant of vines and grafting of Mencía
15 de May de 2019
15 de May de 2019
26 de March de 2019
Losada 2016 del blog Ken’s Wine Guide:
2016 Losada Spanish Red "Losada"
Ken's Wine Rating: Very Good+ (90)
Review date: March 20, 2019
Wine Review: This dark ruby colored Mencia is a very good introduction to this grape. It opens with a black cherry and leather bouquet. On the palate, this wine is medium bodied, balanced and very juicy. The flavor profile a mineral influenced tart plum with notes of black tea. I also detected some hints of wild strawberry and black pepper. The finish is dry and its dusty tannins linger and last for quite some time. I would pair this Mencia with a slow cooked beef brisket.
12 de March de 2019
The musthave of Losada. It represents the universality of the mencía from Bierzo area. With the approach of spring, we renew ourselves in Losada and change our vintage. Our Losada 2017 arrives, a vintage that no one will be able to forget due to the frosts that ended with a large part of the production.
However, the fruit of this vintage has been extraordinary. It is a fruity, elegant, very balanced and surprisingly fresh vintage. A mencía that will make you enjoy even in the warmer days of spring.
Something new: we have included a 1% of minority varieties. Selection of old Mencía vineyards located in the heart of Bierzo: Valtuille de Abajo, Pieros, Villadecanes and Corullón. Soft hills with different orientations. Age: 40 - 60 years.
Sustainability. Since 2017 we have removed all traces of herbicide from the soil, increasingly concerned and committed to the conservation of the biodiversity of our soils and the viticultural heritage.
Tasting notes. Red cherry with reddish reflections. Clean, intense and bright. Fruity aromas and blue flowers, presence of red fruit. Fresh and silky entry. A lot of body and structure. End broad and persistent. A fresh, fruity, Atlantic wine with a marked character from Bierzo.
Pairings: ausages, grilled lamb, roasts, rice dishes, rice dishes, roasted red meats, roast lamb
11 de March de 2019
Fenavin. The trade fair of reference on Spanish Wine
Ciudad Real, May 7-9
See you again at Fenavin, the national wine fair with the greatest projection to the export market
LOSADA VINOS DE FINCA, S.A.
PABELLÓN 8 GANÍMEDES / CALLE 21 / STAND 16
07 de March de 2019
Altos de Losada 2016
Ken's Wine Rating: Very Good+ (91)
Review date: February 28, 2019
Wine Review: This dark red colored Mencia from Losada opens with a black forest chocolate cake bouquet. On the palate, this wine is medium bodied, balanced and a little juicy. The flavor profile is a mild mineral infused plum with hints of gentle black tea, espresso and a touch of pomegranate. The finish is dry and its refined moderate tannins stick around for a little bit. This Mencia would be perfect with slow cooked beef brisket. Enjoy - Ken
Winemaker Notes: The flagship wine produced from 17 small estate parcels on steep hillsides, is aged 15 months in new French oak and achieves the estate’s highest levels of concentration and minerality.
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Steve Metzler, founder and co-owner of Classical Wines with his wife Almudena de Llaguno, participated in the opening panel discussion of the 25th Anniversary of Wines from Spain #SpainsGreatMatch NY.
Here are some comments of his, reflecting on the beginning of his more than 40 years in the Spanish wine industry:
My career in wine parallels the renaissance of Spain in the post-Franco era, beginning in 1976. In that year, Spain’s first glossy gastronomical magazine (Club des Gourmets) debuted, and Hugh Johnson’s World Atlas was published in paperback (we stacked that 100 at a time, $7.99 a copy), enabling virtual travel to the wine country.
Remember Spain had dropped off the map following the Civil War and remained hidden during the advent of mass media in the 20th Century. Meanwhile American servicemen came home from tours in France, Germany and Italy and brought awareness of those wines to the American public.
Spain was fascinating not for the wines we were able to taste at the time, but for their theoretical quality based on a study of the conditions responsible for fine northern European wines. Wagner’s Line separating Atlantic from Mediterranean climate zones was an early inspiration, and I adapted this in Spain with a broad arc I called ‘The Quality Crescent’, leading to my first solo itinerary in 1983 (also to the discovery of multiple DOs prior to their inception). Of course, this arc had to include Sanlúcar de Barrameda and its inimitable Manzanilla, reputed to be best drunk only in its region of production—a reputation shared with Albariño at the time.
We spent the 80s and into the 90s reacquainting the markets with the fact that Spain was an integral part of Europe and European winemaking history. Our SWE and WSET lectures of those years focused on geography (latitude and altitude) and history to support.
08 de August de 2018