NEON CACTUS WINES

For tasting on
Friday afternoon, August 27
we will be offering
red and white
wines from Spain
along with tasty snacks!

This 100% Tempranillo is from 25-year-old family-owned vineyards belonging to the San Pedro family, located close to Laguardia, a medieval village in the heart of Rioja Alavesa, the northern region of Rioja, Spain.
Great value and easy to enjoy, this highly expressive Tempranillo is a soft and delicious red wine, offering a mouthful of crisp black fruit and tons of style. Great with red meats dishes, Asian fusion dishes, casseroles, pasta, and cheeses. $13.95*

This Reserva is made from selected Tempranillo and Garnacha grapes. 
This elegant gold-wire-wrapped bottle contains an excellently balanced and well-rounded wine. The intense ruby-red colour announces a full and fruity bouquet. This flavourful blend has a velvety, elegant finish. Suitable accompaniment for meat, game and spicy dishes. Serve at 18 degrees C. $12.95*

Produced in the small Rueda town of La Seca, this wine is refreshing and invigorating. A blend of Verdejo grapes (75%), which contribute the melon and peach flavours, and Viura grapes (25%), which add some citrus and extra drive from acidity.  An ideal sipper on the beach, at the park, sitting on the deck while your hamburgers are on the grill ~ you get the idea. Pale gold. Racy scents of honeysuckle, fresh bay, lemon and white pepper. Juicy citrus and apple flavours are complemented by notes of spice and minerals.  A lovely wine for all kinds of seafood and light Asian dishes. $14.95*

[ Agrícola Castellana]

Auzolan is an organically produced red wine from Navarra. Bright garnet red colour with a pink tinge. Pure, ripe red fruit with earthy and spicy tones. Aromas of fresh berries and forest fruit. Round and pleasant fruity flavours dominate. This wine has excellent balance and a delicious, juicy finish. It’s perfect with red meats, all types of game, rice dishes and cheese. $14.95*

Englora’s name comes from one of the peaks in the Montsant’s mountain range, which reaches more than 1,000 metres above sea level. The Baronia logo is a representation of these mountaintops.

Grapes in this blend: Black Grenache, Syrah, Samsó, Cabernet Sauvignon
Inky purple in colour, this excellent blend offers an enticing perfume of cedar, pencil lead, mineral, spice box, black cherry, and blueberry. The wine is full-bodied with serious depth and length. $26.95*

Tempranillo 55%, Grenache 45% 
The guitar was born in Spain, and it has been a part of Spain’s every day life for four centuries. In every Spanish home there is a guitar: not an artifact in a display case or on the wall, but a well-worn family friend, brought out to serenade lovers, mourn the passing of a friend, or as the catalyst for an evening of singing, dancing, and joy.

Red Guitar wine brings the style and excitement of Spain to life. From grapes grown on up to 100-year-old vines in the ancient kingdom of Navarra, this red is packed with dense black fruit, raspberry highlights and amazingly smooth full tannins. The perfect touch of acidity provides balance and prevents the wine from becoming too heavy on the palate. It’s a wine that sings of the land of the bullfight, tapas, and the art of living well. $13.95*

Here’s a former Neon Cactus Wines favourite, back again: 2008 vintage. It’s an elegant take on the big, boisterous fruit of the Toro valley, made by Spain’s star modern winemaker, Telmo Rodriguez. Rhone-like, wonderfully composed fruit. Black cherry/cassis, very nice earthy perfumes and excellent acid/tannin structure. A fresh, lively drink with good concentration of dark, spicy fruit. And because it’s unwooded, you experience the pure Tempranillo grape variety. Organic. $18.95*

Check out our other Telmo Rodriguez wines.

Petalos is in stock again at Neon Cactus Wines, in a new vintage. Made from old vine Mencia grapes, this lovely wine is supple and sweetly fruited. Vibrant red berry and cherry aromas are underscored by pungent minerality. Sweet raspberry and floral flavours are enlivened by brisk acidity and gain sweetness with air. Very suave, focused and strikingly pure wine with superb complexity and poise. $26.95*

Grown on 40-year-old vines, Acustic is made of 55% Samso (Carignane) and 45% Garnacha (Grenache) grapes. It is aged for 10 month in French oak. A rich, delicious red with a long finish. $29.95*

[Montsant,  Catalonia, Spanish]

The 2003 vintage is high in alcohol at 14%, the result of a very hot summer that year in Europe. Primarily Tempranillo, this is a ruby-red coloured wine. Strong cherry, licorice and cedar aromas are mixed in with cinnamon and other spices ~ an incredibly complex nose. A lovely wine with a smooth texture, excellent balance and satisfyingly long finish. $26.95*

[ Spanish Rioja ]

100% Garnacha from vines planted in the late 1800s
Dark ruby-coloured, this red delivers an alluring bouquet of Asian spices, wild black cherry, and blueberry. Layered and sweetly fruited, the wine is nicely balanced with a satisfyingly long finish. $24.95*

[Andalusia Bodegas Zabrin Grenache Spanish]

TRILOGIA
Monastrell/Tempranillo
Very intense deep cherry colour. This powerful red  has an elegant nose with aromas of black and red fruits, dark chocolate enriched by toasty and spicy notes. In the mouth, fresh herbs and ripe fruits, some balsamic notes and coffee. Well-structured with toasty notes, licorice and spicy flavours. $24.95*
BILOGIA
Monastrell/Tempranillo
Cherry red with purple tinges. On the nose, fresh with intense aromas of red fruits, jam, cherries and plums. A splendid balance of structure, fruit and acidity on the palate with both fruit and oak blending perfectly. Sweet tannins followed by a round, fresh, complex structure complemented by a long, intense aftertaste. $19.95*
EFE
100% Monastrell
A deep ruby/purple-tinged colour with abundant amounts of blackberry and cherry fruit on the nose with some balsamic nuances. Brambly and blackberry-like on the palate, this light, fruity red has good structure and length. $18.95*

This 100% Garnacha is a brilliant ruby in the glass, with aromas of dark cherry, mulberry, cinnamon and pepper with a whiff of old leather. Smooth and well balanced in the mouth, there is a core of great mulberry and cherry fruit with some black pepper, herbs and gamey, animal nuances. Tannins are there, but extremely smooth. Remember to decant for at least an hour to tone down the acid allow satisfying integration.The finish is very, very long. $36.95*

[ Spanish Campo de Borja Grenache ]

Riojas are enchanting wines, with wonderful and complex bouquets and velvety smooth flavours. This red, made from 100% Tempranillo grapes, is a pure expression of the estate’s incredible fruit quality, released young to maximize its explosiveness. Shows lovely scents of ripe cherries, strawberries, violets and cracked pepper. Ripe, juicy and spicy on the palate, the classic rich, ripe cherry and strawberry fruit flavours are interwoven with subtle elements of vanilla, black pepper and cinnamon. $19.95*

(Alvaro Palacios Estates)