Tasting November 2024
CBWS Tasting held on 21/11/24 at Costa Marco and attended by 54 members and guests
Helen and Paul Nicholls presented the first ever “Regional Grape Challenge Trophy”. An educational evening of fun, good wine and what turned out to be, an extremely interesting and enjoyable evening.
Blind tasting of five bottles of a single grape variety wine, from different regions of Spain. Members, working by table, were asked to first identify the grape variety by taste alone and what region of Spain it came from. Then followed a description of the wine with an indication of the characteristics of the region the wine originated. Members were asked if their original thoughts from before the description of the wine had changed in light of the extra knowledge from the description and most of the room were convinced it had. Maps of wine regions and a list of grape varieties were on each table and points were awarded for a correct answer and a bonus point for two correct answers. IA clear winner emerged at the end of the evening and the Trophy was presented by our chairman Neville Richardson to the winning table.
| Wine 1 Name and Vintage | Marieta 2023 |
| Price per bottle | € 11.05 |
| Wine 1 Description | Bodegas Martín Códax Rías Baixas (Spain) Albariño MouthRich / Crunchy / Intense / Fruit notes / Citrus notes Straw yellow / Lemony glintsBouquetRipe fruit |
| Wine 2 Name and Vintage | José Pariente Verdejo 2023 |
| Price per bottle | €10.95 |
| Wine 2 Description | Bodegas José Pariente Rueda (Spain) Verdejo |
| Wine 3 Name and Vintage | Fábregas Puro Syrah 2021 |
| Price per bottle | € 12.00 |
| Wine 3 Description | Bodegas Fábregas Somontano (Spain) Syrah Cherry red / Bright / Quite opaqueHarmonious / Fruit aromas / Berries / Wild fruits / Blackberries / Ageing notes / Cocoa / Spicy notes intense / Flavoursome / Long / Well-integrated / Good acidity / Persistent / Enveloping / Fruit notes / Cocoa |
| Wine 4 Name and Vintage | Sericis Bobal 2020 |
| Price per bottle | € 10.50 |
| Wine 4 Description | Bodegas Murviedro Utiel-Requena (Spain) Bobal cherry red / Intense / Brick-red hues Profound / Complex / Fruit aromas / Fruits of the forest / Balsamic notes / Toffee / Vanilla Fresh / Dense / Fleshy / Rounded tannins / Long finish |
| Wine 5 Name & Vintage | Pedregosa Petit Nur 2021 |
| Price per bottle | € 12.40 |
| Wine 5 Description | Pedregosa Priorat (Spain) Grape Cariñeña Ripe cherry red / Garnet glints / Bright / Clean Highly aromatic / Fruit aromas / Red fruit / Ripe plums / Fruits of the forest |
| Closing Comments | An evening of fun and education challenging in nature, tasting and thinking about the grape’s characteristics and providence, helped by a description of where it was from with a few other hints along the way. |
| Misc | Members of the Winning table were presented with a Trophy. |
| Report prepared by: | Paul & Helen Nicholls. |
