SPAIN

SPAIN – PRINCIPE DE VIANA   NAVARRA
For a winery like ours, in a place where wine is much more than a tradition, winemaker is about nurthuring a culture that has been carefully maintained and improved upon for more than 2000 years, from one winemaker to the next, from one generation to the next.
Located in Cadreita (Navarra) and surrounded by its more than 50 hecares of vineyards. Finca Albret holds the latest vinifiction technology and 2000 new American and French oak casks.

Principe de Viana Chardonnay 2016                                                                        HK$100.00
Chardonnay 100% barrel fermented. Aged in the best Allier French oak casks for 5 months. Brilliant lemony yellow with a nose of perfect, intense, fruity complexity and subtle nuance of vanilla,  cinnamon and caramel. Good balance of lively acidity and sweetness highlighted with juicy fruit flavours like pineapple. Persistent,  very pleasant finish.
100% Chardonnay.
87/100 RATING BY ROBERT PARKER IN 2007             
SILVER, Challenge International du Mond 2006 (France),
Best barrel fermented white wine from D.O. Navarra – elected by the Cofradia
Principe de Viana Crianza 2014                                                                                          HK$120.00

A brilliant, crystalline, intense ruby-red robe. Clean aroma of wild cherries and plums, assembled with chocolate mints, toast, cinnamon and cocoa. The palate has balanced flavours and acidity and is well-structured with a complex, harmonic finish redolent of oak.

50% Tempranillo, 20% Cabernet,  30% Merlot
GOLD, Challenge International du Vin 2006 (France),
Principe de Viana Reserva 2010                                                                                        HK$140.00
This wine derives from a mixture of grapes belonging to a vineyard that is over 50 years old on the slopes of the Sierra de Cantabria, and from the 12-years-old vineyard located on the fertile plain of the estate.
70% Tempranillo,  15% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon
89/100 RATING BY ROBERT PARKER IN 2007

Principe de Viana 1423 Reserva 2012                                                                              HK$280.00
The wines from each grape variety were aged separately for 18 months in medium-toast casks from American and French Allier oak. The wine is left to further age in the bottle for at least one year.
A big, complex wine which stands out due to ite broad array of aromas: first blackcurrant and plums with subtle exotic coconut and chocolate and finally refreshing mint and eucalyptus finishing with faint spice and toasted oak.
Stews and vegetable soups, fowl and game, slow baked dishes, offal and seeetmeats, steak, mature cheeses.
Tempranillo 75%, Merlot 10%, Cabernet Sauvignon 10%, Garnacha 15%

ENTREFLORE  VERDEJO  2016                       HK$110.00

PRINCIPE DE VIANA  GRACIANO  2016      HK$100.00

PRINCIPE DE VIANA  BLANCA /CHARDONNAY 2016   HK$180.00
Its blend of sauvignon blanc and chardonnay shows the perfect synergy of two grape varieties. This new and innovative white impressed with an original combination of aromas and flavours.

Food pairing:  Rice, pasta, salads, stiffed susage, vegetables, white meat, omeletes, fish and shellfish.

RIOJA VEGA – Rioja

Its origins go back to 1882 when Don Felipe Ugalde established a Bodega bearing his name in Haro. It is easy to imagine Don Felipe’s dream: to produce the higest quality wines and to make his bodega one of the most prestigious of the country. Many years later in 1983, the winery was acquired by Group Principe de Viana.    The company intends to do more and carry out Don Felipe’s Dream.

RIOJA VEGA GRAN RESERVA  ANADAS MATICAS  2008

 (Limited Edicion)        HK$360.00

The different varieties originating from the various estates owned by the wines cellar are fermented separately in stainless steel tanks, which are all equipped with separate temperature control and auto-remontages systems.
Alcoholic fermentation is carried out at 28-29 degree C and lasts 10 days on average. Maceration is subsequently carried out with the head of the grape for upto 22-23 days at a temperature of 17C. Devatting then takes place separately in the different tanks in order to carry out malolactic fermentation.
Once this has been completed, an initial coupage is carried out for the purpose of ageing in casks. We keep for 29 months’ ageing in American oak casks, racked 3 times a year. 36months’ ageing in bottles.
90/100 from Mr. Robert  Parker 2007
Challenge International du vin 2005 BRONZE MEDAL
Concours Mondial Bruxeles 2005 SILVER MEDAL

        RIOJA VEGA CRIANZA 2014          HK$160.00
Complex wine, rich in aromas and spices flavors. Ruby red, hidden with vanilla, oak and slightly  burnt sugar sweetness. Well structured, meaty and balanced.
Staying in American oak casks 12 months, followed by setting in bottles for a minimum of 6 months until being commercialized.
Tempranillo-Mazuelo-Garnacha
89/100 from Mr. Rober Parker 2008
BRONZE-International Wine Challenge 2006 (UK)
Gold Medal – Concours Mondial Bruxeles 2004

        RIOJA VEGA RESERVA 2008          HK$180.00
Two years American oak barel ageing is used, with 5% of the wine in French oak, followed by a minimum of twelve months bottle ageing prior to rlease.
On the nose, intense fruit is accompanied by toasted aromas and toffee & vanilla.
Tempranillo 85%  Mazuelo 5%, Graciano  10%
91 POINTS from ROBERT PARKER

RIOJA VEGA SEMIA CRIANZA 2017       HK$90.00
One year in French oak. Young wine 100% tempranillo

RIBERA DEL DUERO  -  NORTHERN PART SPAIN

Bodegas Hermanos Perez Pascuas was foundedby Benjamin, Manuel and Adolfo in 1980, although their father Mauro Perez was the real inspiration behind it. A forward-thinking man of great wisdom and talent, he passed on his sons the values of viticulture and the philosophy of making wines with an obsession for excellent.

CEPA GAVILAN CRIANZA 2015   HK$190.00
95/100 FROM ROBERT PARKER 2009
An exuberant wine a deep,  ruby  red color. Clearly distinguishable aromas of fresh fruit underscored by notes of cedar wood and liquorice with most elegant mineral touch.
Powerful and enveloping in the mouth. A successful wine with which this bodega shows off its  “FIRM FOUNDATION”
Grape Variety:  100%  TINTO FINO (Tempranillo)
Cask Ageing:  12 months in oak.

PEDROSA CRIANZA 2014          HK$220.00
A rational and demanding vitivulture and a brilliant vinification have led to this Vina Pedrosa, which brings together all those virtues found only in great wines: meaty, sumptuous and full of character, with abundant fruit, glycerine, tannis and toasted oak.

GRAPE VARITY:  100% TINTO FINO (Tempranillo)
Cask ageing:  18 months  in oak.

PEDROSA RESERVA 2014         HK$280.00
An enoromous wine made only from the fresh vintage. With aromas that bespeak new cases: spices, smoke, liquorice and light hints of truffles. Noble tannis concentrated and very intense, resulting from the grapes picked at their optimum point of ripeness in the estate’s most selected plots.
GRAPE VARIETY:  100% TINTO FINO (Tempranillo)
Cask Ageing:  24 months in oak barrel.

DOMINIO DE LA VEGA RESERVA ESPECIAL             HK$280.00
(DECANTER 2018 BRONZE WORLD WINE AWARDS  95 POINTS)
The macabeo and chardonnay plots are selected according to the freshness and future long ageing potential criteria. Each variety is elaborated separately.Once in the cellar and after second selection of bunches, we make a 3 hour cold maceration foollowedby a gentle press (50% run off).
Tasting notes:  Lightly yellow colour with fine and integrated bubbles.  Great complex bouquet with pastry reminiscene and fresh hints of white fruit, toasty and vanilla aftertaste.

Type of CAVA:  RESERVA BRUT “ VINTAGE”