I'm not surprised about the French being scared of Spanish wine. A Castillo d'Ygay gran reserva is the equal of any Bordeaux 1r cru (Lafite, Latour, Mouton, Margaux, Cheval Blanc, Ausone Haut Brion & La Mission de Haut Brion), it's enjoyable years before the Bordeaux and will out last any modern French wine by a good 20 years. In 2005 the Ygay cost approximately a 15th of the price of its French counterparts. Unfortunately its now almost impossible to get hold off and I all with many others have burnt my fingers mistakenly buying Finca d'Ygay.
Going down the scale, 5/6€ on a Vina Mayor Ribero del Douro is unmatchable anywhere....... ...... but then again there are those awful memories of 70s & 80s Valdepenas ;) Damian I was in a fairly typical greasy spoon style restaurant near to Pamplona (or was it Vitoria?...) Just gone over to the Euro, and it was 8€ the menu. However they had a wine list that had every Ygay from 1927 (and a few such as the 1918 from before), and every Vega Sicilia from the early 30s. I drank a late 60s (67, 68?) Ygay at a very reasonable 40odd quid. Only in Spain.... On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 9:44 PM, Brendan <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Damian, > > What's your view on Spanish wine? _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
