A spontaneous change, for us: instead of a trip to ERS, we went to Vinopolis to pick up a few things, including a remarkable wine from the ever remarkable Marcel Deiss. Then on to Andina for a bit of food and drink. Well now, little did I know that another entry into the top 60 would appear....perhaps the entrants are as much about the "where" and "with what" as they are the wine proper; as if you could separate the two!
So, a meal laden with quinoa was taken to new heights by a 2010 rioja blanco (viura) from a producer that I don't recall but it started with an "I". The wine was just spot on with the entire meal. The pequillo peppers, the avocado/crab salad, the quinoa timbale all were impeccably interwoven with this crisp, floral, acidic white wine. One of my "to die for" wines is the LdH Vina Tondonia, which is an aged, oxidized viura. But this fresh version makes me committed to finding more viura, in whatever stage of age, to reconnect with the food marriage like few others. Is it only with Spanish or Latin flavored dishes? I have to find out.
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