{"id":6715,"date":"2013-02-19T09:15:47","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T09:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=6715"},"modified":"2013-02-19T09:15:47","modified_gmt":"2013-02-19T09:15:47","slug":"two-great-affordable-spanish-reds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/spain\/two-great-affordable-spanish-reds","title":{"rendered":"Two great, affordable Spanish reds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMGP0612-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6723\" title=\"IMGP0612-001\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMGP0612-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMGP0612-001.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMGP0612-001-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMGP0612-001-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMGP0612-001-400x261.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two really good Spanish reds here, which I have tasted (and drunk) as part of my research in compiling a Top 100 reds under \u00a310 feature.<\/p>\n<p>Spain has been particularly strong in this price bracket. The reason? Lots of old vines, and good wine growing terroirs. When the oak use is restrained, or absent even, the quality of the fruit shows through.<\/p>\n<p>The first wine is from Bodegas Monteabell\u00f3n in\u00a0Ribera del Duero. The wines are made by\u00a0Isaac Fernandez, nephew of the famous es-Vega Sicilia\u00a0winemaker Marino Garcia. This is their unoaked cuvee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Avaniel Tempranillo Ribera del Duero 2011 Spain<\/strong><br \/>\n14% alcohol. Warm, sweet, open blackberry and plum nose is ripe and sleek. The palate is fresh, pure and silky textured with lovely ripe cherry and blackberry fruit. Very stylish. Some jammy notes, but overall it stays fresh. 91\/100 (\u00a39.75 Berry Bros &amp; Rudd)<\/p>\n<p>The second wine is made by Juan Carlos L\u00f3pez de Lacalle of Artadi. He found this Navarra property in the early 1990s, and now makes a stylish Garnacha\u00a0that over-delivers for the price point.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMGP0611-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6722\" title=\"IMGP0611-001\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMGP0611-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMGP0611-001.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMGP0611-001-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMGP0611-001-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMGP0611-001-400x251.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Artazuri Garnacha 2011 Navarra, Spain<\/strong><br \/>\n14% alcohol. Lovely fresh raspberry fruit nose. Crunchy, lively and pure. The palate is ripe, supple and elegant with bright cherry and raspberrry fruit, finishing with some grippiness. Vibrant and juicy, and quite lovely. 90\/100 (\u00a39.95 Berry Bros &amp; Rudd)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two really good Spanish reds here, which I have tasted (and drunk) as part of my research in compiling a Top 100 reds under \u00a310 feature. Spain has been particularly&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[204,192,371],"class_list":["post-6715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spain","tag-navarra","tag-ribera-del-duero","tag-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6715"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6724,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6715\/revisions\/6724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}