Over the past couple of weeks, I had a couple of very nice Spanish wines, one a little older, one newer. The older wine was the 2001 Alvaro Palacios Les Terrasses Priorat, the entry-level wine from one of the top producers in the region. This wine was a great example of a base-level Priorat, a blend of 30% Grenache, 55% Carignan, and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon. It was nicely balanced and had a good bit of age that had rounded things nicely. The latest vintages of this wine still retail for about $30, a fair price for a very nice wine.
Up next was the 2005 Sierra Cantabria Crianza, a value from Rioja. This wine is 100% Tempranillo and had a very nice balance and depth. For the price (around $14), this is a very good wine to have with a variety of foods, as it doesn't overdo it with the oak or extraction as some Spanish wines have been criticized for over the past few years.
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