October - December 2019

Selectus Wines

The magazine for wine lovers / La revista para los amantes del vino

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Barolo Dragomis
From childhood, we build our ecosystem of values and knowledge through storytelling. These stories can have an unexpectedly profound effect on us; stirring the imagination, awakening the senses and even prompting us to travel to some obscure place we
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Women
Within the wine industry, awareness of female winemakers has been growing in recent years. It is not that women had not previously been working in the industry, but that, for some time now, they have become much more visible. No doubt, our society di
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Mujeres Del Vino
In 2009, Anne Cannan, winemaker and owner of Clos Figueras, decided to hold an event in her winery during the Priorat wine fair to give more prominence and visibility to women producing wine in the Priorat. Such was the success of the initiative that
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At The Forefront Of The Terra Alta
RINDEN HOMENAJE A LA CULTURA MEDITERRÁNEA, DE LA QUE SE CONSIDERAN PARTE, A TRAVÉS DE SU NOMBRE, RELACIONADO CON LA “VÍA EDETANA”, ANTIGUA VÍA ROMANA QUE UNÍA LA ACTUAL TORTOSA CON ZARAGOZA, Y DONDE EL VINO HA SIDO, ES Y SERÁ UN ELEMENTO CENTRAL..
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Interview With Belén Sanz Cid Dehesa De Los Canónigos
Entrevistamos a Belén Sanz, enóloga de la bodega Dehesa de los Canónigos. Ella, junto con su hermano Iván, son los artífices del resurgimiento de esta histórica bodega de la Ribera del Duero. Trabajo constante, metódico y riguroso, sin dejar de innov
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Tempranillo
XAVIER AYALA @DiariSommelier @diarisommelier.cat Called Tempranillo in La Rioja, this grape variety goes by the name of Cencibel in La Mancha, Ull de Llebre in Catalonia, Tinta de Toro in Toro, Tinto Fino or Tinta Fina in Ribera del Duero, and
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Wine Tourism In The First Person Alsace(2)
En la segunda parte de nuestro viaje a Alsacia, seguimos visitando esos paisajes idílicos, que aportan tranquilidad y un ritmo más lento que el de la gran ciudad cosmopolita. Más bodegas, más poblaciones, más restaurantes, …, más de todo… y a disfrut
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White Wines
Sonoma Valley / Sebastopol, California - USA / www.marimarestate.com / P.V.P.: 33,70€ / 100% Chardonnay / Familia Torres Marimar Torres named the Chardonnay vineyard in the Russian River Valley, “Don Miguel” after her father. And the winery, built
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Capitel 2017 Ossian Vides Y Vinos
Ossian was the first winery that showed that you could and should work organically with the Verdejo varietal in Rueda, although today it is outside the designation of origin. Its vocation for innovation made Ossian a pioneer winery, starting initiati
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Vinos Tintos
Vinos de la Tierra de Castilla y León / Coruña del Conde, Burgos - Spain / www.bodegasclunia.com / P.V.P.: 26,00€ / 100% Malbec This wine, produced in Burgos from a grape varietal that is more often vinified in Argentina’s Mendoza region, is influe
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Mirto 2014 Bodegas Ramón Bilbao
Mirto was born in 1999 to demonstrate that a different type of wine, fresher, more elegant and with less prominence of oak, can be produced in the Rioja. The man who led this change, rejecting classicism to produce wines of a more modern style, was t
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Solideo 2014 Dehesa De Los Canónigos
The name Dehesa de los Canónigos refers to the Cathedral of Valladolid’s Council of Canons, made up of 22 canon monks, which was the winery’s first owner. This is how, in keeping with the references to the winery’s ecclesiastical origins, the Solideo
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Vinos Tintos
D.O.Q. Priorat / Porrera, Tarragona - Spain / www.vallllach.com / P.V.P.: 46,00€ / 78% Cariñena 22% Garnacha This is a little gem from the Priorat. It’s one of those wines that once you’ve tasted it, you just can’t get it out of your head. Cariñena
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Finca Los Hoyales 2014 Cruz De Alba
Finca Los Hoyales is the Cruz de Alba winery’s most recent project. It is produced according to biodynamic agriculture principles, i.e. agriculture based on the movements of the stars and their relationship with the Earth, and without the use of any
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Osborne Oloroso Medium Rare Solera India 1922 Osborne
This is a land with a deep tradition that looks to the future while keeping the past alive. And in this tradition, Sherry plays an essential role. These wines have over 3,000 years of history to their name and are Spain’s most exported wines. This fa
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Tasting Panel
Professional sommelier since 2006, he began his career as a sommelier at the Moo restaurant (1* Michelin) in Barcelona. He has also worked for the Ritz Carlton in Spain and Chile as a sommelier and maître d’. He currently works at the Andreu Genestra
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Enoteca Brut Nature 2004 Gramona
In the late 17th century, the Benedictine monk Dom Perignon would probably never have dreamed that the production method he devised at the Hautvillers Abbey in the Marne Valley of the Champagne region would still be creating such a buzz four centurie
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You Will Find Us In…
AC Hotel Palacio del Carmen. Santiago de Compostela Restaurante Zaldiarán (Vitoria) Hotel Marqués de Riscal – A Luxury. Elciego Collection Hotel Restaurant Zaldiarán . Vitoria-Gasteiz Rest. Maralba. Almansa Hospes Amerigo AC Hotel Ciutat d´Alcoi. Alc
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Vinos Espumosos
D.O. Cava / Sant Sadurní d´Anoia - Barcelona - Spain / www.raventoscodorniu.com / P.V.P.: 17,00€ / 85% Chardonnay, 15% Xarel·lo, Parellada Ars Collecta is a collection of three prestigious cavas created by Codorniu to complement the collection of f
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Vinos Fortificados
D.O.Q. Priorat / Porrera, Tarragona - Spain / www.vallllach.com / P.V.P.:115,00€ / 100% Garnacha negra From a very select production which yielded just over three hundred 20cl bottles, this dry rancio wine is made from Garnacha Tinta. On entry to t

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