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| Once
you have learnt the basics of wine tasting, found on the main page,
in this section you can test yourself and learn to distinguish the
characteristics of different types of wine. You only have to get hold
of the bottles of wine we mention below (we try to recommend wines
that economically accessible) and sit in front of your PC with the
appropriate glass of wine. |
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Viña
Mein 2004
(D.O. Ribeiro)
Variety
80% Treixadura grape with some godello, albariño, lado,
loureira and torrontés.
Approximate shop price: 8.5 Euro.
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The time has come. This is the time when,
in some areas of the northern hemisphere, the 2.005 harvest starts
– finishing at the end of October. They are days full of hope
but, at the same time, full of nerves. After all, the moment has come
to gather in the work of a whole year.
Today I would like to recommend a very fresh, aromatic 2004 white
wine to you, at its optimum moment for drinking. |
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| SIGHT
Holding the two wine glasses at the same height, tilt both through
45º against a white, matt background in order to appreciate different
shades of colour. |
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| A very brilliant straw
yellow. Carbonaceous tang (due to the very small bubbles present
in young wines as a result of fermentation) not detected. |
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| SMELL |
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Very clean and fresh.
On taking the wine to the nose, it opens – a sensation produced
by the freshness. Regarding the types of aromas, we can appreciate
fruity ones above all: hints of ripe apple, quince fruit with a
background of pineapple. Then one can appreciate the floral aromas
(white flowers) with a very well integrated somewhat vegetable final.
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| MOUTH |
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Perhaps what most catches one’s attention
on taking this wine to the palate is its balance.
A dry entry, but with a trace of sweetness. Very oily, glyceric,
with body (a sensation of fullness in the mouth). It maintains
a trace of acidity which then disappears to give us a final pleasant
bitter sensation. Quite long aftertaste and tactile sensations
(once drunk, the inside of the cheeks are left with a taste).
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| SUMMARY |
| Three cheers for these kinds of wine. Clean
wines with aromatic potential and with sensations on the palate and produced
with local grape varieties. Hurrah for these non-globalised wines with their
varieties that can provide us with more sensations. |
