Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Bodega tour

Written 12 May
What I said about good wines being made in 30 minutes - forget it. Year wines are good by my (admittedly low) standards, but these people are in a different business.




Dark down there. Reminded me of something you might have seen on Dr. Who. Each barrel holds 1,600 liters.



Second fermentation. They served us a couple of wines to compare and among them was a gran reserva. There is a reason to be patient.

Everything pure, everything natural, everything controlled. They are making exactly what they want from the best grapes, the best grape varieties and the best grape growing climate in the world.

None of this should be taken as though I would be giving up on year wines. Interesting day.

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