Back to Europe for this month’s tasting with wine from Spain and Italy. Both wines purchased from Lidl where according to some web sites you can drink like a Prince and pay like a Pauper so how did they compare? The first wine we tried was a 2005 Montecielo rioja at £5.99. The wine gained a very respectable score of 7.0 just below our averge of 7.2. In the glass it had the appearance of healthy medium red and was generally very clean and pleasant on the nose. It had a good length of flavour with a medium body, was considered well balanced and generally a taste of red fruits.
The second wine was a 2007 Barbera d’Asti but despite being more expensive at £6.99, it only achieved one of our lower scores at 6.2. The wine is produced in the hilly areas of the provinces of Asti and Alessandria in Piedmont Northern Italy and Barbera itself is the third most planted grape variety in Italy. Again the wine had a very good appearance in the glass- healthy and deep red almost purple or maroon. However on the nose there was a note of earthy bitter fruit that was not appreciated. The taste was again reminiscent of bitter sloes or some sharp damson. Not a great length of flavour and hence the overall score.
Next Meeting is at Dave and Mollies on October 18th , 2:00pm
The second wine was a 2007 Barbera d’Asti but despite being more expensive at £6.99, it only achieved one of our lower scores at 6.2. The wine is produced in the hilly areas of the provinces of Asti and Alessandria in Piedmont Northern Italy and Barbera itself is the third most planted grape variety in Italy. Again the wine had a very good appearance in the glass- healthy and deep red almost purple or maroon. However on the nose there was a note of earthy bitter fruit that was not appreciated. The taste was again reminiscent of bitter sloes or some sharp damson. Not a great length of flavour and hence the overall score.
Next Meeting is at Dave and Mollies on October 18th , 2:00pm
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