a question for Santiago and a couple of wines

Joseph Coulter wrote in news:oJmdnbdUxIPmHMnbnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

From your email, I infere that the name of the wine started with an M and it was similar to Magellans? Or is Magellans some sort of bottle/label/etc that I am not familiar with?

Also, do you know which D.O. was it? Tarragona? Terra Alta? Montsant? Priorat?

How was the label? Colour? Size?

Being a "Negre" it should be a dry red, correct?

If you can provide some more data, I think I could manage to find a bit of info.

Raimat makes quite interesting Bordeaux-varietal wines. They are mostly present in supermarkets and hypermarkets and, at least where I live, they are not considered "cool" anymore. I really like their basic cava (no longer a CAVA, but a D.O. Costers del Segre fizzy) which is quite available by the glass by a couple of wine bars I patronize.

s.

BTW my choice for worldwide absolute top QPR EVOO (as AFWers like to say) is in the area of Falset, a DO Siurana olive oil from Arbequina olives, absolutely delicious and costing... 18€ for a 5 litre bottle! It is packaged by the Cooperatiu de Capçanes, but I believe the original mill is the Molì de la Mola in Marçà, however this place must be even more inaccessible so I have never bothered trying to find it so far. Too bad the place is so out of the way, even despite my frequent visits to my parents in the Baix Empordà area...

Mike Tommasi wrote in news:5bkue1F2rua0mU1 @mid.individual.net:

I am very fond of an EVOO called "Cervus" from Cooperativa Agrícola Falset- Marca

Great EVOOs from the zone.

S.

Molt ben!

What do you think of the wines of Capçanes? While most of their wines are really cheap, their Cabrida is relatively expensive and quite oaky when young, does the wood ever calm down?

I liked the wine and wrote down the info but lost the notes . . . Not a great wine, but seemed to offer very good QPR my best guess is it might be montsant as I can think of no other reason why htat one should ring a bell for me. Thanks anyway.

Mike Tommasi wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@mid.individual.net:

Ahem!

I have to say that I am not a big fan of wines from Cataluña, with some exceptions. I think I have enjoyed several wines from Capçanes, for example the grenache "Lasendal" (nice wine with good qpr). Also the kosher wine I have enjoyed. But I have not tasted Cabrida (or, at least, I do not remember it). For that amount of money I usually start looking for wines from Bourgogne or Bordeaux.

About oaky wines, I am not the only in Spain that thinks that a very large percentage of wannabe Top-Wines from my country display way too much oak and not enough fruit structure. Purchasing expensive barrels is difficult but not impossible. Getting outstanding fruit is even more difficult.

s.