vinifierats alias på Twitter, @LarsTorstenson, har, uppenbarligen, varit i Spanien och twittrat från Campo do Borja, Bierzo, Rioja och Rias Baixas. Här en liten sammanfattning

El barquillero, Ponferrada, Bierzo

för er som inte följer vinifierat på Twitter: ”D.O. Campo do Borja vintage 12: hot, no rain, volume down by 15%, healthy grapes, good quality, slow MLF, AF etc without problems.”, ”Bierzo: Dominio de Tares Godello sells faster than it is produced, importers now have to line up for a couple of cases.”, ”Western Spain is on CET, meaning light in the evening, darkness in the morning and no early meetings which is exactly how it should be.”, ”Checked MDLVX yesterday, at the end of the day a very ”normal” year, finished MLF just before Xmas #Rioja”, ”Laura Vazquez, Dominio de Tares: Mencia is the most reductive Spanish variety. Miguel Merino Navajas ( #Rioja) agrees.”, ”Laura Vazquez, Dominio de Tares, #Bierzo: Always decant a Mencia wine, in particular the old ones, they will for sure benefit from some air.”, ”Pruning in the high altitude vineyards in #Bierzo always is late because of the risk of freeze.”, ”Caytano Otero, Paco y Lola: volumes down by over 50 % vintage 2012 in #RiasBaixas”, ”Caytano Otera, Paco y Lola: vintage 12 was very complicated, had to wait for maturity, which always is (rain)risky in #RiasBaixas.”. Av allt detta twittrande kan vi, framförallt, dra slutsatsen, att vin gjort på druvan Mencia, till exempel Dominio de Tares ”Baltos” (reklam i marginalen här intill), ungt som gammalt, vanligtvis vinner på att luftas.

Vingårdsväg i morgondis, Bierzo.