As we were seated we were poured a 2009 Ipsum Reuda. This wine is an estate bottled wine by 37 year old Hermanos del Villar in the northern region of Rueda. This is a nice unoaked crisp wine. This wine had a nice floral nose that gave way to and citrus notes. It was a little minerally with hints of tropical fruit and orange.
Then came the first course a stew of some kind paired with a 2009 Pazo De Galegos which is an Albarino. This wine had a perfume and white flowers on the nose. This is a youthful wine with hints of peach and tropical fruit. Personally, I think a wine with a little sweetness would have been a better pairing since the stew had some spice to it.
We then had a Tapas course which was paired with a 2008 Ludovicus. This is an estate bottled wine made by Celler Pino. The wine is made with organically grown grapes in the high elevation region of Terra Alta just south of Barcelona. This wine had a cigar nose with hints of blackberry. The taste had black fruit with a white pepper finish.
For dinner we had Payaya which was paired with 2009 Vizcarra Roble, estate bottled by Bodegas Vizcarra. This was a very young Tempranillo wine that will age well over the next 5 or so years.
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