We have just received shipment of our newest additions to our growing Spanish selection, Lordina wines from Emporda on the Costa Brava in Northern Spain. The Emporda region is sandwiched up between the coast and the Pyrenees and has been cultivating vines since the Greeks introduce the vine around 600 BC. The whole region is influenced by the famous northerly Tramontane wind, which creates great growing conditions.
The Greek influence can be seen clearly in the labels of the Lordina wines, each wine has the image of a traditional Greek wine amphora (two handed jug) and their top wine is called Amphora. Lordina Amphora is an enticing Mediterranean wine with minerally, ripe fruit character and oak (12 months in French oak), all in balance. Old Vine Garanacha and slate based Syrah vines create the base for this ‘terroir’ wine (reflecting the local area immensely). With a nose of red berry fruits and hints of pine and cherry and an intense ruby-garnet colour. The palate is long, delicious and supple with elegant mature fruit flavours and fine tannins. the finish is long and persistent. This would be great with game meats like venison, boar and rabbit.
Feb 05, 2012 @ 14:39:59
A high percentage of wine reviews suggest reviewed wine ” great with game, venison’ etc., – how often does the average punter, writer included, have game as part of their regular diet ?. Join the real world wine reviewers – address your critiques to the majority of your potential customers !
Feb 06, 2012 @ 09:41:46
Noel your criticism is correct that we don’t have venison or any other game regualary as part of our diet but one of the most common questions we get in the shop is when some one has come into possesion of a piece of game they would like a wine that would match up with it, we hoped only to suggest this wine works well with game for thier benifit. Equally all reviews would be pretty boring if every red wine we recommend ended with food recommendations like: good with red meats like beef and lamb, wouldn’t you agree. This wine is good with game as well as the regular suspects. In future however we will add the usual suspects along with the more one of food suggestions. Thank you very much for your comment and we hope you enjoy reading the blog, please keep your comments comming.
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