January-March 2022

Selectus Wines

The magazine for wine lovers / La revista para los amantes del vino

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Editorial
Several factors have contributed to making this 38th issue the most international of the last 10 years since the creation of Selectus Wines, which we will be celebrating in 2022. Firstly, we will be featuring a Champagne House with a very long histor
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You Will Find Us In… / Nos Encontrarán En
AC Hotel Palacio del Carmen. Santiago de Compostela Restaurante Zaldiarán (Vitoria) Hotel Marqués de Riscal – A Luxury. Elciego Collection Hotel Restaurant Zaldiarán . Vitoria-Gasteiz Rest. Maralba. Almansa Hospes Amerigo AC Hotel Ciutat d´Alcoi. Alc
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Quick test Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon
A QUICK-FIRE ROUND… 10 QUESTIONS, 10 ANSWERS Quick test… 10 preguntas rápidas, 10 respuestas rápidas A WINERY THAT HAS IMPRESSED YOU BESIDES ROEDERER?: Además de Roederer, una bodega que le haya impresionado: RAMOS PINTO, DOURO, PORTUGAL Un enólogo:
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La Champagne au Cœur CHAMPAGNE IN OUR HEARTS
EL LEMA DE LA CASA ES "LA CHAMPAGNE AU COEUR" O "CHAMPAGNE EN EL CORAZÓN". ESTA DECLARACIÓN EXPRESA LA VOLUNTAD APASIONADA DE LOS HOMBRES Y MUJERES DE LA MAISON DE DAR LO MEJOR DE SÍ MISMOS Y EXPRESAR LO MEJOR DE SU TIERRA, Y TAMBIÉN DESCRIBE UNA UBI
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Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon
Toda una vida dedicada al champagne y siempre relacionado con la Maison Roederer, Jean Baptiste Lécaillon está considerado uno de los mejores enólogos del mundo en lo que a elaborar vinos espumosos se refiere. But who is Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon, wh
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STAFF AND OFFICES / Redacción y oficinas / Editorial: Nau Santa María, 1-3 08017 Barcelona EDITORIAL DIRECTOR AND PUBLISHER / Director Editorial y producción: SELECTUS MAGAZINES, S.L. Publicación Trimestral ART DIRECTOR AND DESIGN / Dirección de arte
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Sparkling Wines
Producers in the sparkling wine world have been obsessed with trying to disassociate the consumption of their products from the calendar. But before that, they had wanted to disassociate them from a meal’s order of service and the idea that sparkling
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JEAN LEON AND JOSEP GUINOVART Wine And Art Go Hand In Hand
The Jean Leon winery is launching the 2015 vintage of its iconic Vinya La Scala Cabernet Sauvignon Gran Reserva (DO Penedès) with a label that pays tribute to Josep Guinovart (1927-2007), a Spanish painter most famous for his informalist or abstract
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Once-in-a-lifetime Tasting Of Wines From 1947 At Vins I Licors Grau Draws Top Wine Personalities
El miércoles 17 de noviembre, con la presencia de personalidades del sector vitivinícola, se celebró una cata histórica de vinos del año 1947 comparando vinos de Burdeos (añada mítica en esta región) con vinos de La Rioja de esa misma añada. Luis G
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Pedro Ximénez
Stories differ as to how this grape variety came to be grown in Spain. But two theories are the most popular and the origin of the grape is now generally agreed to be the Canary Islands. After this, there are the two versions, as we said. The first
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With Its New Vintage, Rioja’s Iconic Castillo Ygay From Marqués De Murrieta Continues To Make History
Luciano Murrieta was a man ahead of his time. Only he was able to see the infinite potential of the wines from Rioja. In 1852, applying the techniques he learned in Bordeaux, he created the wine that everyone still talks about today: Castillo Ygay Gr
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Penfolds® PUTS DOWN ROOTS IN U.S. SOIL
MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO, THE FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN WINERY CAME TO THE UNITED STATES IN SEARCH OF FERTILE GROUND ON WHICH TO MAKE WINE IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. AS A RESULT OF ALL ITS HARD WORK SINCE THAT TIME, PENFOLDS HAS PRODUCED ITS FIRST WINES USING
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La Grande Dame By Yayoi Kusama: A Message Of Hope And Optimism
DOS MUJERES FASCINANTES, DOS DESTINOS PARALELOS. LAS VIDAS DE MADAME CLICQUOT (NICOLE BARBE PONSARDIN) Y YAYOI KUSAMA ESTÁN SEPARADAS POR 150 AÑOS, PERO EN EL FONDO, SUS VIDAS TIENEN CASI LOS MISMO PUNTOS EN COMÚN Y ESTO HA DETERMINADO SUS FASCINANTE
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Tasting Panel
Professional sommelier since 2006, he began his career as a sommelier at the Moo restaurant (1* Michelin) in Barcelona. He has also worked for the Ritz Carlton in Spain and Chile as a sommelier and maître d’. Sommelier and Director of beverages in th
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D.o. Penedès 2030: Looking To The Future
La D.O. Penedés presentó en el mes de Noviembre los proyectos y el plan estratégico que llevará a cabo desde este mismo año hasta el 2030. Fortalecer la marca Penedés consolidando valores como la sostenibilidad, la ecología, la herencia vitivinícola,
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White Wines
Villabuena - Alava - Spain www.artevino.es/bodegas/orbenP.V.P.: 20,60€ / 70% Viura y Malvasía, 20% Tempranillo Blanco, 10% Maturana Blanca / 14,00% If the first blend was a great success, blend N°2 is not going to be outdone! In this case, the thr
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Red Wines
D.O. Ribera de Duero Quintanilla de Onésimo - Valladolid - Spain www.arzuaganavarro.comP.V.P.: 19,50€ / 94% Tempranillo, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon / 14,00% This wine represents a quest for a balance between freshness and mellowness, between structure a
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Red Wines
D.O.Q. Priorat Bellmunt del Priorat - Tarragona - Spain www.casagrandelsiurana.comP.V.P.: 23,00€ / 100% Garnacha 15,00% This fruity, floral, deep and ripe Garnacha comes from La Casa Gran del Siurana, from the La Fredat estate to be precise, 40 hec
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Rosé Wines
D.O. Ribera de Duero / Fuentenebro - Burgos - Spain www.milsetentayseis.com / P.V.P.: 50,40€ Tempranillo y Albillo Real / 14,00% From the new Alma Carraovejas venture, we have this wine with the freshness of its 1,706-metre altitude. Its grapes grow
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Vinos Tintos
D.O.Q. Priorat El Lloar - Tarragona - Spain www.torres.esP.V.P.: 15,50€ / Garnacha, Cariñena, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot y Syrah 13,50% This is the first vintage of a new wine from the Torres family in the Priorat region. Like all the wines that be
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Vinos Tintos
D.O.Ca.Rioja / Haro - La Rioja - Spain www.bodegasramonbilbao.com / P.V.P.: 38,90€ 100% Tempranillo Riojano / 14,50% At the pinnacle of the Ramon Bilbao winery's quality scale, we find Mirto, derived from the oldest vines, almost 100 years old. This
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Bodegas Bilbainas Celebrates 120 Years Of History
Esta bodega, pionera en la D.O.Ca Rioja, celebró su aniversario con diferentes e importantes acontecimientos: lanzamiento de su primer vino de viñedo singular, Viña Zaco; inauguración de la Sala Santiago Ugarte, que será un centro de investigación y
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Wine Tourism Day At Marqués De Murrieta
Si un día se acercan a La Rioja, les invitamos a que visiten la bodega Marqués de Murrieta. En un entorno privilegiado, y con unas vistas espectaculares, esta bodega ha sufrido una serie de transformaciones en los últimos años que, como resultado, da

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