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 →
In September 2017 during our 7th visit to the region, we visited Cooperativa Ntra Sra del Rosario (Lagar de Hoyos) in Moriles. Read about that visit here. Antonio the winemaker, seen next to Laura in the photo above, was kind enough to give us a bag in box of the Lagar de Hoyos Fino en Rama which had been bagged earlier in… Read more →
This is a review that slipped through the net so to speak. Bodegas El Monte is always a go to place when we visit Montilla-Moriles so we had to retrospectively include this. Back at the Cata del Vino in April 2017 we attended a tasting with Antonio López Cuenca of Bodegas el Monte in Moriles. He was accompanied by… Read more →
We were first introduced to the Restaurante Sociedad Palateros María Auxiliadora by our friend Isa in Córdoba March 2017. Again Isa was instrumental in organising our next visit on Monday 11 September. She had arranged a very special visit. When we arrived we were seated for lunch, we ordered our food and had a couple of finos. The service in this restaurant… Read more →