Around 30 grape varieties grow on the 10 hectares of vineyards at Barranco Oscuro. 31 is what Lorenzo Valenzuela once said a few years ago, but one or two may have been added in the meantime. The Valenzuelas try things out, see what suits their rather unique terroir best and have no fear of conta...
Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Tempranillo, Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir, Petit Verdot and Grenache (Garnacha) - France and Spain. The two countries in Torcuato Huerta's life are also reflected in Purulio, his engaging and lively red cuvée. Torcuato was born in El Marchal, a tiny village in the...
The Alpujarras are a wild mountain region in the east of Andalusia. Characterized by steep valleys and a landscape that was crowded by rocks and Mediterranean bushes, their remote canyons and gorges in the 15th century were the last retreat of many Muslims that were driven out of Granada during ...
Rossese is sensitive, delicate and subtle. Its color is as transparent as contact lenses and brighter than blood. After a few years, it changes to a rust-colored orange. He ages mediocre, oxidizes easily and just does work. The fact that there are only about 80 ha of them is understandable. The f...
The Valenzuelas are the undisputed pioneers of the increasingly prominent Spanish natural winegrowers: they rely on the natural defences of their vines and on a climate that dries up the little moisture (occasional clouds that cover the fields with dew in the morning) in a very short time throug...
Vinos Autenticos/Barranco Oscuro: La Traviesa Tinto 2021
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The La Traviesa Tinto goes onto the cap of Vinos Autenticos, a Spanish wine dealer who has the wines in the program that we also had, we would primarily act with Spanish or French wines. So it is actually a dealer wine, with that only a third of the truth. The second third are winegrowers from th...
Teran is one of those grape varieties that you should think in the local context and with the culinary tradition of Istria: with Prosciutto and Goulash, Jota (the stew) and Musetto (the cooking sausage), with the Osmiza (this year), the bora (the wind ) and winter in the karst. In itself, Teran ...
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The Igiea is a pure -sorted Barbera from the Alto Monferrato. However, since this must not be on the label, because in Italy as in all other European countries, a somewhat messed up idea spread how a grape variety and a region should manifest in a wine, Guido Igiea, his wife, has this ...
Although Syrah plays a not insignificant role in Moretto, it shares this status equally with Perricone and Nerello mascalese. Thanks to the success story of the wines from Mount Etna, the latter has now become known beyond the borders. Perricone, on the other hand, is hardly known to anyone, whic...
In the Cerro Las Monjas vineyard of Barranco Oscuro in the Alpujarras - the southern part of the Sierra Nevada - Garnacha, Syrah, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot grow on a few hectares of vines. Despite the altitude, the vines produce perfectly ripe grapes every year, which is hardl...
La rocca bella, the beautiful rock, is just a stone's throw away from La Morra and yet already outside the sacred zone of Barolo. Cinzia and Eugenio own 1.5 hectares of vines there, which they planted entirely with Nebbiolo in 1997. The soil is mainly based on clay and sand. The Roccabella is the...
Blaufränkisch is often regarded as a monopoly variety in Austria. This is understandable, as it has almost single-handedly catapulted the country into new red wine dimensions. It is often overlooked that extremely exciting versions of the grape variety are also produced outside the country's bord...
Dolcetto plays the main role and no other variety talks to them. It is being expanded in old letters, fermented with its own yeast, the maceration time is long (40 days), read the reading manually and the work in the vineyard geared towards minimal yields (2500kg/ha). The wine only sees sulfur in...
The entry-level wine in Rocco di Carpeneto's Dolcetto world - downgraded to DOC by Lidia and Paolo, although this voluntary downgrading is difficult to understand even for us: although the Aur-oura is a classic second wine from the Gaggero and Vicario vineyards, the quality of the grape material ...
Giacomo Colombera and Cristiano Garella's latest project, Vespolina, puts the spotlight on a grape variety that usually plays a leading but only minor role in the Nebbiolo cuvées of Piedmont's north. This time, however, it has all the attention and knows how to make the most of it - and that is ...