Weekend Wine Recommendation
Brand: Hécula
Producer: Bodegas Castaño
Denominación de Origen: Yecla
Class/Type: Tinto (Red table wine)
Varietal Content: Monastrell (75%); Garnacha (20%); Cabernet Sauvignon (5%); Estate grown
Winemaking Notes: Six months in American Oak. 15,000 cases produced.
Tasting Notes: A soft and spicy red wine. Red fruits, wood and black pepper greet the nose. The flavor of spicy fruit is balanced by a delicate oak structure.
Food Match: The perfect wine for pizza, pasta, ratatouille. These soft, fruity flavors cool spicy heat in cuisines such as Cajun, Southwestern, Asian, and East Indian. A complement to Mediterranean Cuisine - Paella, Bouillabaisse, Chicken Oregano.
Interesting: 85 Points, Wine Enthusiast, April 1998. "Hécula" is the archaic Roman for "Yecla" - a city with an ancient Roman heritage. Bodegas Castaño is a thoroughly modern, well-positioned winery with a fast-growing international presence and reputation. Quality and consistency are the primary winemaking objectives.
Sadly, I am searching for this one again. It flew off the shelves of a wine shop here at eight and change! They decided not to carry it anymore. Too low a profit margin I suppose? I really need to learn to get cases more often of good cheap stuff! :)
Producer: Bodegas Castaño
Denominación de Origen: Yecla
Class/Type: Tinto (Red table wine)
Varietal Content: Monastrell (75%); Garnacha (20%); Cabernet Sauvignon (5%); Estate grown
Winemaking Notes: Six months in American Oak. 15,000 cases produced.
Tasting Notes: A soft and spicy red wine. Red fruits, wood and black pepper greet the nose. The flavor of spicy fruit is balanced by a delicate oak structure.
Food Match: The perfect wine for pizza, pasta, ratatouille. These soft, fruity flavors cool spicy heat in cuisines such as Cajun, Southwestern, Asian, and East Indian. A complement to Mediterranean Cuisine - Paella, Bouillabaisse, Chicken Oregano.
Interesting: 85 Points, Wine Enthusiast, April 1998. "Hécula" is the archaic Roman for "Yecla" - a city with an ancient Roman heritage. Bodegas Castaño is a thoroughly modern, well-positioned winery with a fast-growing international presence and reputation. Quality and consistency are the primary winemaking objectives.
Sadly, I am searching for this one again. It flew off the shelves of a wine shop here at eight and change! They decided not to carry it anymore. Too low a profit margin I suppose? I really need to learn to get cases more often of good cheap stuff! :)
Thunder Stamped by DragonStormInAZ @ 2:48 PM
3 Pennies for My Thoughts:
At 3:35 PM,
Anonymous said…
But the question becomes when you buy a cheap wine, you don't know how good it will be until you drink it, so how do you know when to buy a case? You would hate to get stuck with a whole case of something that sounded like it should taste good but doesn't. B
At 3:58 PM,
DragonStormInAZ said…
Problem with not doing it on this wine was that I knew it as a good one for quite some time and only ended up buying a few bottles at a time.
At 10:09 AM,
DragonStormInAZ said…
I think I will have to do one every Thursday though I wonder if I should actually have ones I can find around here right now.
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