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Posted: 16 Mar 2021

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red and white rioja. Wines for keeping •
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Special occasion Riojas

Special occasion Riojas
These will keep a few years yet, especially the white Rioja (on the left). I first tried it in the '80s and thought it was horrid (like drinking solid oak, if such a thing were possible!) but a student of mine (he is also a wine merchant here in Madrid) changed my attitude towards it by serving me a glass from half a bottle that was left over from a wine-tasting he did 3 months earlier (thank you Andreas!), and the bottle had been open and out of the fridge that long. It was sensational!
These will be familiar to some of our (wealthier and/or aspirational) Iberian membership, I'm sure. They are not my day-to-day regular drinking! The middle one would retail today at well over 100€ a bottle (I just checked; the cheapest on line offer is currently 153€ for the '95 - I used to buy the '68 in 1981 in the UK for £4.50 or thereabouts!)
OK, in for a penny in for a pound, best buys for the others; Muga Prado Enea '06: 45,60€ and the white Tondonia '07; 72,00€. My average bottle spend these days: 4,00€.

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 José Manuel Polo
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Así es, a mí me sorprende menos mi convencimiento, es mi natural:--)
Pasa que tú estás hablando de vinos ricos solo para ricos y yo de vinos ricos para pobres.
Vega Sicilia sabemos dónde está, mi familia política procede de esas tierras del Duero. Creo que se vendió todo o parte a familia inglesa y también que la nueva dirección se interesó por la Rioja Alavesa y compró allí terrenos para elaborar otras variedades de Vega Sicilia, ahora han creado una bodega en Samaniego, provincia de Álava (País Vasco), por algo será;--)
3 years ago.
 José Manuel Polo
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Samaniego es precisamente el pueblo anterior al de mi hijo, Villabuena de Álava, el municipio de España que tiene más bodegas por habitante.
3 years ago.
 José Manuel Polo
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A mí me gusta mucho Muga, pero aún más Marques del Fiscal, reserva 2015, de Elciego (Álava) Imposible olvidar un cochinillo al horno regado con tal vino en La Alberca (Salamanca)
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
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Yes. We are on the same wavelength here, Isabel!
3 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
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La Alberca is lovely but too touristy for my tastes. I liked it but was happier in Miranda del Castañar! Suckling pig and milk fed lamb - I'm afraid don't have enough flavour for me. I am alone here because my sister's family and my girlfriend could eat both twice a day if they could! I prefer the slightly stronger flavours of English or Welsh lamb! But I have had many excellent meals with both and washed down with excellent wines: Rioja, Ribeiro del Duero, Toro, Bierzo, and many others, all appropriate with the meal at the time!
3 years ago.

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