The recent PWC wine dinner was a comparison between Spanish wines made from Garnacha and Tempranillo. The inspiration came when I was looking up Grenache Noir, expecting to confirm it as a French grape, when to my surprise, I found that it was of Spanish origin. I then thought it would be fun to compare the wines made from two Spanish varieties. Of course, there are many other factors to take in account, but trying varietals made from two indigenous Spanish grapes from a variety of different areas would still be illuminating.
In the end, the line up consisted of 4 Garnacha wines from Aragon (the place of origin of the grape), Priorat, Montsant and Campo de Borja, whilst the Tempranillo wines came from Rioja, Toro, Navarra and Castilla y Leon. There was a Cava as welcome drink, and we had the Txacholi to go with fish. A medium sweet sherry concluded the meal, making the cepage an all Spanish affair.
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