When we visited Montilla in September 2017, the Tres Miradas range was an impending launch. This is the latest collaboration between Envínate and Bodegas Alvear. As we were going to miss it we asked if we could be sent some details and perhaps learn more about the new range when we returned in January 2018. To say that we were… Read more →
November 2017 saw us review a very special Fino from Lagar Los Raigones, the first release of the Fino Lagar del Cerro,which can be found here. We arranged to collect the second release of the November 2017 saca when we visited Montilla in January this year. When we arrived at the lagar we were treated to an impromptu tour of… Read more →
There is always that one place on your “to visit list” and even although you have driven past it so many times either time pressures or other plans means you never have. That place for us is Bodegas La Aurora, one of the largest producers in Montilla-Moriles. Fortune was on our side this time as during our impromptu visit to… Read more →
It is our second day in Córdoba and it was time to explore some old and new haunts. Our first stop was one that we were keen to revisit was one of our favorite bars in Córdoba, Bodega Guzmán. After ordering and sitting down Rafael, the owner, greeted us as we sipped on our pre-tapas fino. There was no other… Read more →
Córdoba is one of our favourite cities to visit and when we went in January this year we had a chance to catch up with friends, revisit some old haunts and visit some new places. We drove up from Málaga, checked into our hotel and then headed out to meet up with our good friend Alberto, his wife and their two children… Read more →
This was a wine that we tried back in September, as part of a fabulous two hours spent with Inma Luque, at Bodegas Alvear here. When we returned to Montilla in January this year we bought a bottle to revisit and review. This is a vino joven wine made from 100% Pedro Ximénez grapes and has an ABV of 12%. The… Read more →
The Los Amigos Fino has an ABV of 15%, made from 100% Pedro Ximénez grapes and is not fortified. The ideal serving temperature should be cold at 6 to 8 degrees Celsius. It has spent 3 to 4 years biologically ageing under a velo de flor in American oak casks in the criadera and solera system of the bodega of… Read more →
One of the few Montilla-Moriles wines widely available in the UK via Marks and Spencer Fresquito Pedro Ximénez is a tinaja wine. Initial fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks then it is moved to the tinajas, large concrete jars previously fabricated from clay. The 2014 vintage was in fact our very 1st wine review back in August 2015 here.… Read more →
In September last year we doorstepped Bodegas Jesús Nazareno on Day 2 during our 7th visit to Montilla-Moriles here. Bodegas Jesús Nazareno is located in the town of Baena in the easternmost part of DO Montilla-Moriles. The Fino Cancionero de Baena won a gold medal at the XXIII Concurso Ibérico de Vinos Premios Mezquita – Córdoba in 2017. At 15%… Read more →
We first tried this wine during a fabulous couple of hours spent sampling wine with Inma at Bodegas Alvear during our 7th visit to Montilla-Moriles in September 2017 here. It was a wine that we wanted to try again so we purchased a bottle to bring back to Scotland to review in more detail. This was bottle number 0614… Read more →