WADEBRIDGE WINES CORNWALL WINE SHOP TASTING
- Name: Wadebridge Wines
- Adress: Eddystone Rd, Wadebridge PL27 7AL, UK
- Opening Hours: from monday to saturday 9:00?18:00
- Telephone: +44 1208 812692
- E-mail: sales@wadebridgewines.co.uk
- Web: www.wadebridgewines.co.uk
Family run independent wine shop since 1974, situated in the heart of Wadebridge in Cornwall. Is a large wine shop and the favourite amongst locals and tourists alike. Great selection of wine, beer, spirits, etc. The staff is pasionate and knowledgeable. They are constantly evolving their selection of around 800 wines to choose. They have a couple of tables inside and oustide where you can sit and taste and choose. Outside there is a customer car park and they also run a delivery service throughout Cornwall and can arrange a next day courier for the rest of the country.
In my opinion finding a decent wine shop is your key to getting more out of wine. The key of this independent establishments is the emphasis being placed on the quality of products. Any independent wine shop worth its salt will have people who know more than just a little standing behind the counter, which often will mean the owner. Wadebridge Wine has a team of passionate. enthusiastic, and knowledgeable staff. I recommend that you strike up a good relationship with Tamsin, she will show you the road to a better drinking. The more information that you can give to her about what you like to drink, including price, variety, country, style, loves and hates, the closer she will likely find you something that really stacks up. From here the trick is letting her show you new things.
Apart from one-on-one service, independent wine merchants can offer range where the bigger players (supermarkets), cannot. We're not simply talking about the number of wines stocked; we're talking about a mixture of small-scale, off-the-beaten track, artisan producers alongside low-volume, super-premium classics from those with established and well-earned reputations. The other great advantage to buying wine from an independent wine merchant is that in most cases they'll offer a mailing list, which I'd strongly recommend you join. Mailing lists are a great way to find out about a range of regular customer events such as weekly tastings; if you're looking to expand your drinking repertoire, these offer the perfect opportunity to try before you buy. From small and quirky through to ultra premium, this is often where you'll find the best combination of hard-to-get products and expert service.
URBINA WINES FROM RIOJA SPAIN
Bodegas Urbina is a family winery with four generations since 1870 dedicated to grape growing and winemaking. They only produce wine from their own vineyards 75 hectares, all in the heart of the renowned sub-region of Rioja Alta which is known to produce grapes and wines with fine structure and elegance. The cultivation is done in low-trained (vignes basses) and trellis, and does not force the production, not exceeding the 4,500 Kgrs. / Ha. Within the production capacity, wines are selected in order to be labeled as Urbina.
The vineyards, mostly planted to tempranillo, are located around the village of Cuzcurrita which is at the north-west point of Rioja and therefore at the limit of vine production. Here the climate is influenced by the cooler Atlantic weather systems which results in a longer, more gradual ripening period and grapes that tend to show freshness, structure and intensity. The magic of this area is that it makes wines that are amongst some of the longest lived in Rioja.
Everything about this bodega centres around ageing. After picking, the grapes are fermented slowly in stainless steel, then aged extensively in a mixture of American (75%) and French (25%) barrels. After ageing in oak, the wines are held in tank which retains a lift and freshness in the wines (rarely seen for this traditional style of Rioja). Pedro Benito Urbina makes a range of wines, mostly red, right across the quality spectrum from crianza to gran reserva. He releases his wines when they are ready to drink and fully mature. They represent the essence of classic Rioja: stylistically they rest their quality on finesse, complexity and savoury flavours, rather than power.
- Urbina Blanco Viura: White Viura is 100% fermented and aged in stainless steel. Medium straw-colored, it Offers up a nose of melon, apple, and pear. On the palate it is smooth-textured, flavorful, and lively. This nicely balanced Offering Should drink well for Another 3 years.
- Urbina Rioja Tempranillo: 100% Tempranillo, maceration for 15 days at 25 ? C. Intense red cherry, with Ruby very bright, upper middle layer. Intense primary aromas of red fruits, strawberries and raspberries, elegant, discovering slight aromas of licorice and flowers. Fresh taste, good body, feeling strong and balanced flavors of nuts.
- Urbina Crianza: 95% and 5% Tempranillo and Graciano Mazuelo. Fermentation at 28 ? C and macerated for 28 days in stainless steel tanks, the wine spends in oak barrels for 12 months after it is bottled and a minimum of 6 months in bottle before release. Cherry-ruby color, balanced, nuanced black currant on the palate, good structure and persistence. This wine comes from vines that reach 20 years of age, but all coming from our high quality vineyards.
- Urbina Selecci?n: 95% and 5% Tempranillo and Graciano Mazuelo. This wine comes from the best grapes from the winery, all from vineyards over 20 years. These are wines that reach the winery Gran Reserva quality. Fermentation at 28 ? C and macerated for 28 days. Stay 16 months in oak barrels. Color ruby red with purple tones. Intense aroma of fruit. Pleasant complex flavors and intense aftertaste. Well conserved at temperatures between 15 ? and 18 ? develop its great qualities and will become a type Gran Reserva, after 3 or 4 years.
- Urbina Gran Reserva Especial 1994: 90% Tempranillo, 5% Graciano and 5% Mazuelo. This wine comes from the best grapes from the Estate, all from vines over 20 years. Fermentation at 28 ? C and macerated the last 28 days, followed by 24 months in oak and 48 months in bottle. Garnet-red color, splendid maturity, complexity on the nose, the palate is seen in the harmonious and balanced oak and fruit tannins, elegant and velvety soft, and wonderful length.
The 1994 Gran Reserva Especial (from a great vintage) is medium ruby colored with a lovely bouquet of cherry blossom, earth notes, spice box, leather, black cherry, and plum. On the palate it is multifaceted, elegant, concentrated, impeccably balanced, and holding strong. It should drink nicely for another 10-15 years if not longer.
- Urbina Gran Reserva 1996: The Gran Reserva has an intense dark amber in colour, powerful and rich vegetable/tobacco nose, a perfect harmony of oak and glorious fruit, prunes, dates and sweet raisin flavours, silky and creamy on the palate with a very long and full finish. ?19.99
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