Viticultor Goyo Garcia Viadero Ribera del Duero

A private lunch (Restaurant El Celler de Can Roca ***, Girona, Spain) : The label of the wine represents the initials of the winemaker Goya Garcia Viaredo; this was the first wine he made when he was 16 years old, released only to El Celler Can Roca (or so they tell me). Very mature, bricky colour, good depth; smoky nose, mushrooms, hint of caster sugar; mature palate, the tannins have largely resolved but there is a lovely freshness which sustains …