A tasting of single varietal wines from some of the most exciting and historic producers in the Spanish-speaking world. Hosted in collaboration with the Hispanic Society.
Included in your ticket:
- Guided tasting of 7 wines
- Spanish cheese & crackers
- Afterparty at Roka Aldwych, with access to an exclusive discounted drinks menu
Spain produces some of the most competitively priced wine anywhere in the world. Its wines have, for centuries, been aged in generous amounts of new American oak – a medium that has provided them with seductive aromas of sweet vanilla, coconut, and dill, and a method of production that has underlain their popularity and success.
However, as consumers look towards ever-more distinctive wine, this particular way of making wine is falling out of fashion – and fast. Spain’s extraordinary reliance on just two grape varietals is, moreover, putting it out of step in a word where viticultural diversity is becoming the key to success.
Spain is, nonetheless, the birthplace of such prolific varietals as Garnacha Tinta (Grenache Noir), Monastrell (Mourvedre) and Carinena (Carignan), and it is only a matter of time before these extraordinary grapes reclaim their historic lands.
The upcoming tasting presents the opportunity to try Spain’s most notorious grape (Tempranillo) alongside six other increasingly fashionable and less oak-dependant indigenous varietals (Verdejo, Albarino, Macabeo, Garnacha Tinta, Monastrell, and Carinena) from some of the most exciting and historic producers in the Spanish-speaking world.
The first six wines will be from Spain, and the last from a Chilean region that is fast-becoming the New World’s answer to Priorat. Below is a list of all the delicious wines that will be on show:
1) BODEGAS SHAYA VERDEJO 2014 - Verdejo (100%)
2) BODEGAS ZARATE EL PALOMAR 2015 - Albarino (100%)
3) BODEGAS R. LOPEZ HEREDIA VINA TONDONIA VINA GRAVONIA 2006 - Macabeo (100%)
4) BODEGAS ORDONEZ TRITON TINTA DE TORO 2015 - Tempranillo (100%)
5) BODEGAS CASA CASTILLO EL MOLAR 2015 - Garnacha Tinta (100%)
6) RAFA BERNABE RAMBLIS MONASTRELL 2013 - Monastrell (100%)
7) GARAGE WINE COMPANY OLD VINE CARIGNAN MAULE LOT NUMBER 47 2013 - Carinena (100%)