Thursday, May 25, 2017

Tasting Fine Spanish Rioja Wines Of Bodegas Muriel And Bodegas Eguia Today, Thursday, May 25th, 2017 With Eladio Fernandez E John Peters : Gracias Senores! Hasta Luego!!

Tasting these really fine classic wines of Bodegas Muriel and more modern style @BodegasEguia , all wonderful, two whites including the new first-vintage white #Albarino @PazoCilleiro #RiasBaixas #SpanishWhiteWine that was rounder, fuller, more floral, a treat to sip, gentler, brighter, a good intro price, too : BUT what blew me away were the three Bodegas Muriel Rioja reds : 1) 2014 Crianza that was delicious to sip in this humidity not, a treat, then the ... 2) Reserva 2011 that had some French Oak 20% or more, that was fuller, rounder, bigger, then the .... 3) 2004 Gran Reserva that completely blew me away on every level, .... loved all three, gems, clssic, traditional, values, worth every penny, here in June, working with John Peters to do an in-store tasting of them on Wednesday, June 16th, 2017 from 5-8PM : stay-tuned?!? Tony

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