On Sep 20, 8:48 pm, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> 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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Yeah, I agree and it's a pretty good match to paella. You can still
get it for around $6 at some spots here in Dallas.