The Spaniard

Bodegas y Viñedos Vega Sicilia

Unico Ribera del Duero Tempranillo Blend 2012

Fantastic Spaniard, tastes a lot more youthful than it is - still bright and fruity but not sparkly and no earth — 2 years ago

Rob, Douglas and 12 others liked this

Twisted Oak

The Spaniard Tempranillo Blend 2016

46% Tempranillo, 31% Grenache and 23% Graciano. Light tannins with dark cherries. — 5 years ago

Steve Pacini
with Steve
Steve and Tom liked this

Compass Box

The Story of the Spaniard Blended Malt Scotch Whisky

Tempranillo and Sherry Barrel finishes. — 7 years ago

Ron and David liked this

Quinta Cruz

Pierce Ranch Tempranillo 2008

Zingy. Cedar, herbs and cherrywood on the nose. Flavor is complex, cedar-y and classic Spaniard. Deep and rich for the age. Nice sauna and berry extravaganza. Fully expressive of a place and time. — 8 years ago

Marqués de Murrieta

Reserva Finca Ygay Rioja Tempranillo Blend 2008

A grand Spaniard wine a hint of raisin on fig with cherries and plum to anchor the fruit, there is cedar and bay leaf. — 9 years ago

David, Bill and 16 others liked this

Merayo

Y Godello 2015

This varietal is new to me. Great body and nice acid to cut it. Nor Ital florals from a Spaniard. My kind of wine. — 9 years ago

Merayo

Y Bierzo Mencia 2014

Wonderfully priced Fine drinking Spaniard — 10 years ago

Bodega Cuatro Rayas

Rueda Verdejo 2014

H- recommended by a Spaniard and was amazing with a great dinner with bull heads staring at you, great with chocolate mouse, us wine could never for the price, M- she wants to say blackberry unsure if that’s controversial, great wine with even better dinner AND company, G- wine was great but manchego cheesecake was better — 3 years ago

Artadi

Pagos Viejos Rioja Tempranillo 1998

A subtle Spaniard but not shy plenty of red and black fruit with a touch of graphite — 6 years ago

Rob, Ted and 18 others liked this

Château Gruaud Larose

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2003

Scampi NYC is a popular new Southern Italian influenced restaurant in Manhattan's Flatiron district, led by a chef whose previous gigs included Ai Fiori (good food, corporate vibe) and The Spaniard (don't look beyond the burger). The extensive wine list was put together by @Kimberly Prokoshyn, former head somm at Rebelle and stalwart of many a La Festa del Barolo. The list's main strength is its reasonably priced back vintages from Bordeaux and Burgundy - of all possible strengths, that's about as good as it gets.

My father in law's birthday made for the ideal occasion to visit. The restaurant is loud but not quite excessively. Dishes are all designed to share and range from delicious light dishes, of which the fluke crudo was a highlight, to more hearty fare such the half chicken and rib eye steak. The pastas were innovative, rich and addictively good.

Our first wine was a 2003 Gruard Larose. It is rich and ripe, mocha, black fruits and leather. It sustains nicely while the tannins are pleasingly resolved. It's probably about as good as this wine will get. The power of this Bordeaux stood up well to the vivid flavors of the cuisine, and was a dream with the campanelle with fennel sausage.

The appetite was whetted for the next bottle...
— 8 years ago

Cara Zimmerman
with Cara
Eric, Severn and 19 others liked this
Trixie

Trixie

A fine and interesting review! Happiest of birthdays to your FIL. 🎂

Celler Cecilio

Black Slate Porrera Vi de la Vila Priorat Garnacha Blend

Decanted for an hour, poured for customers for 2 hours, sat for 4 more in the bottle... "good things come to those who wait." (Freebie!) the nose now has a milky chocolate vibe, with some faint berry. The palate is dank. Coarse texture, thick, dense tannins. Vanilla/OAK, expansive feel. It goes and fades out. You can still find the flavors if you lick the insides of your cheeks. A big Spaniard. Should age for 5-10 — 10 years ago

Jeremy liked this

Gulp

Habla Espanol Red Wine

I love a good Spaniard — 4 years ago

Bodegas Cepa 21

Hito Ribera del Duero Tempranillo 2020

Very good weekday Spaniard especially at Costco pricing. — 4 years ago

Atlas Wines

The Spaniard Clare Valley Red Blend 2016

2016 I like it a lot smooth rich but it’s slightly light. — 6 years ago

San Gregorio

Las Martas Single Vineyards Calatayud Garnacha 2014

This wine was given to me by a good friend. I’m not usually fan of Spaniard wine but I was pleasantly surprised.
This wine goes down very nicely. Strangely enough, I drank it with a mild chili that paired well.
— 7 years ago

Cheryl Pierce
with Cheryl

Acústic Celler

Vinyes Velles Nobles Montsant Garnatxa Samsó 2012

Lovely value driven, deep red Spaniard! — 8 years ago

Bodegas Muga

Reserva Rioja Tempranillo 2011

Dirty Spaniard (but in a good way) — 10 years ago