A Study in Scarlet, White and Rose
Basics
Free of charge
1200-1330, approx
Location
Camara Agraria on the net
How does it work?
See Part 1 of our review.
Invitation by application and lucky dip. On a market day, ask at the ticket desk at the entrance if they're taking names for future events.
You'll find yourself, along with about 20 others, in the boardroom at the Camara, with the market going on outside and a fair few curious eyes looking in. After a brief chat from the president, it's into the tasting. Things go fairly quickly, although in total this session lasted two hours, rather than the 90 mins planned.
In Pictures
Video slideshow on Fb.
Tasting Notes
All Madrid wines, these, regularly to be found at the Camara Agraria.
Alma
On the net
White. Nice enough, but we noticed it had almost no finish.
👍👍
Viña Jesusa
On the net
A pretty tasty rosé that we gave 80 points.
👍👍👍
Plenilunio
Our least favourite. The aroma test did for this one. One consideration you have to assess is how clean the aroma, taste and flavour are. This one was...sort of muddy. Hate to say it, but reminded me of my one and only experience of English red wine, years ago. Maybe things have improved there....
👍
Castillo de Salvanas
On the net
A good value wine this at €2.50 a bottle, we could see the seller doing good business out the window! We didn't give it top marks anywhere, but it scored comfortably on all counts. A good value choice, perhaps the best in the market in that respect.
👍👍👍
Juliana
On the net
A step up in quality - and price! - this one. €7 a bottle. Scored just over 80.
👍👍👍
Cepas Viejas
On the net
This one scored very highly with us, so much so we toddled off and grabbed the last two bottles from the sellers on their stall, which were discounted as we won't spend €15 on a bottle of vino too often. We spotted the intensity in colour and aroma. And this one demonstrated the higher alcohol content when we swished it about. A wine for strong foods this. Get the cured or mature cheese or chorizo out for it.
👍👍👍👍
Alma
On the net
A sweet one. A bit lemony, but these things are not our cup of tea, on the whole.
👍👍
Aceña
On the net
A final sweet one. We just about prefer the Alma, but not going to go overboard on sweet wine at the best of time.
👍👍
Basics
Free of charge
1200-1330, approx
Location
Camara Agraria on the net
How does it work?
See Part 1 of our review.
Invitation by application and lucky dip. On a market day, ask at the ticket desk at the entrance if they're taking names for future events.
You'll find yourself, along with about 20 others, in the boardroom at the Camara, with the market going on outside and a fair few curious eyes looking in. After a brief chat from the president, it's into the tasting. Things go fairly quickly, although in total this session lasted two hours, rather than the 90 mins planned.
In Pictures
Video slideshow on Fb.
All Madrid wines, these, regularly to be found at the Camara Agraria.
Alma
On the net
White. Nice enough, but we noticed it had almost no finish.
👍👍
Viña Jesusa
On the net
A pretty tasty rosé that we gave 80 points.
👍👍👍
Plenilunio
Our least favourite. The aroma test did for this one. One consideration you have to assess is how clean the aroma, taste and flavour are. This one was...sort of muddy. Hate to say it, but reminded me of my one and only experience of English red wine, years ago. Maybe things have improved there....
👍
Castillo de Salvanas
On the net
A good value wine this at €2.50 a bottle, we could see the seller doing good business out the window! We didn't give it top marks anywhere, but it scored comfortably on all counts. A good value choice, perhaps the best in the market in that respect.
👍👍👍
Juliana
On the net
A step up in quality - and price! - this one. €7 a bottle. Scored just over 80.
👍👍👍
Cepas Viejas
On the net
This one scored very highly with us, so much so we toddled off and grabbed the last two bottles from the sellers on their stall, which were discounted as we won't spend €15 on a bottle of vino too often. We spotted the intensity in colour and aroma. And this one demonstrated the higher alcohol content when we swished it about. A wine for strong foods this. Get the cured or mature cheese or chorizo out for it.
👍👍👍👍
Alma
On the net
A sweet one. A bit lemony, but these things are not our cup of tea, on the whole.
👍👍
Aceña
On the net
A final sweet one. We just about prefer the Alma, but not going to go overboard on sweet wine at the best of time.
👍👍
