Wine of the Week: Honoro Vera, Calatayud, Spain
Posted on November 15th, 2011
Saved in Red wine, Sour Grapes recommends, €10-€15
Drogheda, a town in county Louth, stretching across the border into neighbouring Meath, is becoming a bit of media darling.
Featured recently on national television, it’s no longer just a town you bypass on the way to Dundalk but somewhere worth stopping.
And if stop you do, then stop you must at Quintessential Wines on the Dublin Road.
There, you’ll find a modest but carefully selected range of wines on the shelves.
One that stands out is a Spanish wine, Honoro Vera.
She stands out initially because of her elaborate postpunk label, worthy of a place on thedieline.com
But beneath the label it gets even better. If the label manages to seduce you, the seduction continues.
She’s a Garnacha (Grenache) made from old gnarly bush vines rather than those obedient trained and trellised ones.
She’s big, round, with a sassy spiciness too.
While she’s about a tenner off the shelf, she tastes far classier too.
She is a brilliant wine and one worth spending a night or two with.
I purchased some of this wine (Honoro Vera) when on holiday in Spain.Where in England can i purchase this wine?
No idea, but you could try wine-searcher.com – if it’s listed online in the UK, it should turn up.
Slainte
Black cherry, plum and a flower, I’m not sure, clover? clover honey perhaps… pepper yes… this wine provokes my lips to kiss… subtly exciting inducing a longing to sip again and again… begging to be chewed along with the perfect steak. A great find at Cost Plus World Market.
This wine is excellent and you definitely can tell it is from old
vines. Pepper, Honey, with a hint of licorice on the finish. Great with spicy foods. Love this wine..what a find.