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Granitic harmony. Granite wines in Spain
Fernando Mora MW will introduce us to granite soils in a bid to gain an understanding of the furore created by these wines in markets today.
There is a tendency to consider wines produced from vines planted in granitic terrain as particularly fine and elegant, and this has aroused the interest of today's best producers. Master of Wine Fernando Mora selects some of the wines that are all the rage, from various parts of Spain, in an attempt to comprehend the peculiarities which granite soils actually give wine, and unravel the mysteries surrounding this fascination.
Wines:
Leirana Finca Genoveva, Bodega Forjas del Salne´s
As Sortes, Bodega Rafael Palacios
Rozas, Bodega Comando G
Lousas Rosende, Bodegas Envínate
Can Matons Vinya Can Xec, Bodega Can Matons
El Canchorral or Fientegrulla, Bodega Vin~as Serranas