The international award-winning wine writer, TV presenter and radio broadcaster Susie Barrie, this morning visited the facilities of Bodegas Protos.
For an hour and half, Barrie has toured the former aging cellar, which runs along 2km of underground tunnels located under the mountain on which sits the Peñafiel’s Castle, to end the visit at the new winery designed by renowned architect Richard Rogers and Alonso Balaguer y Arquitectos Asociados. A visit in which she could see the process of production and evolution of the wines: aromas, its colours and flavours.
The English journalist has had the opportunity to conduct a tasting of representative wines from this centenary winery: Verdejo, Rosé, Roble, Crianza, Reserva and Selección.
Susie Barrie, renowned British journalist, was released and worked as an actress. However, his passion for the food, and specifically the world of wine, took her to get the "Master of Wine", which since September 2009 is part of only 278 people around the world have achieved this title. Author of books "Champagne and Sparkling" (2004) and "Discovering Wine Country - Northern Spain" (2006) the most important project right now for the journalist is the Winchester School of Wine, who runs with her husband, also a writer Gourmet, Peter Richards. A project combined with her cooking show every Saturday issued by the BBC, where each week she makes his own wine recommendation.
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Protos Selección rated 90 points by Robert Parker
Source: Wine Advocate # 183 Jun 2009 Reviewer: Jay Miller Rating: 90 Maturity: Drink: 2011 - 2021 Current (Release) Cost: $75 (75) The purple-colored 2006 Seleccion has an aromatic array of toasty new oak, mineral, lavender, incense, and black cherry. On the palate it has a plush texture, the best balance of these three wines, and plenty of ripe fruit. It has several years of aging ...
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