santiago wrote:
> Torres Mas La Plana continues to be a good wine and probably one of the
> best qpr of the Torres lineup. The 2000 is really, really good. But,
> somehow, it is not a fancy wine in Spain.
>
>
>>As it happens we drank a Sangre de Torro (I think that's the spelling)
>>a couple of nights ago, it was nothing special but had good fruit and
>>decent balance. Correct for 3.50 EU.
>
>
> Sangre de Toro is not Cabernet Sauvignon (I really do not understand a
> preference for Spain AND Cabernet Sauvignon, since most of Spanish red wine
> is Tempranillo and Grenache) but Grenache and Cariņena (called Mazuelo by
> Torres, but it is just another name of Cariņena). It is a nice inexpensive
> wine that I enjoy.
Sangre de Toro (with the obligatory plastic bull around the neck) was
one of our "house wines" during graduate school, with an occasional
splurge to Torres's Gran Sangre de Toro when we felt particularly
wealthy. IIRC, it was then (ca. '86) about $4 US for the Sangre de
Toro. Now I see it for closer to $10 and it's not the same bargain.
Still, though, it's a decent example of a Garnacha/Carniņena blend, as
you say.
Mark Lipton
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