El Leon (Vino Tinto)

Ricardo900

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I had no idea that Dominicans produced delicious Red Wine in Santo Domingo.
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Yumm!!!
 

suarezn

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Speaking of wines produced in The DR in this last trip a friend of mine had a bottle of red wine at his house from the "Associacion Vinicola de Neyba"...Not sure if I got the name right. Anyhow, didn't know they were producing wine over there yet. It tasted pretty good. Like "real" wine (kind of like a Concha y Toro Cabernet) not like Moscatel. Hope they continue to improve their techniques and we start seeing some good wines being produced in The DR. I will surely support them...
 

J D Sauser

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I had no idea that Dominicans produced delicious Red Wine in Santo Domingo.


It sais "IMPORTADO / IMPORTED" in red letters on the lable... so, I would suspect Dominicans might not have produced in Santo Domingo. If they were trying to fool you into believing it was imported it would state "IMPOLTAO". ;)
But there's allways the bottle with the bodybuilder on the lable... :)

;) ... J-D.
 

miguel

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Any takers.......

Guys, I have 2 bottles of Moscatel Caballo Blanco that I have been trying to give away and NONE of my Dominican friends want anything to do with it.

Actually, a friend said to me:

"Since I don't like my wife, give it to me so I can give to her and maybe she can just die after drinking it, you know, she has to control her sugar. That wine is only to be given to people you hate, that's how bad it is".

I think he was kidding. Not about the wine being so bad, but about his wife. I think, hehe.

I think I will send one bottle to AZB and one to Chucky since I LOVE them so much, wahahahahaha!!.

Ps: This Leon have never had "El Leon", but if it's 1% better than Caballo Blanco, it's an improvement!.
 

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It sais "IMPORTADO / IMPORTED" in red letters on the lable... so, I would suspect Dominicans might not have produced in Santo Domingo. If they were trying to fool you into believing it was imported it would state "IMPOLTAO". ;)
But there's allways the bottle with the bodybuilder on the lable... :)

;) ... J-D.


If I am not mistaken the picture of the wine bottle was taken at the NY DR1 members party, so bottle would say imported if purchased in New York or somewhere in the US.
 

J D Sauser

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If I am not mistaken the picture of the wine bottle was taken at the NY DR1 members party, so bottle would say imported if purchased in New York or somewhere in the US.


I stand corrected A. H.... gotta try this stuff then, for speaking before knowing all the facts. :surprised

BTW: Which ch?teau is it from? I mean which is the valley with the vineyards?

... J-D.
 

rellosk

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I stand corrected A. H.... gotta try this stuff then, for speaking before knowing all the facts. :surprised

BTW: Which ch?teau is it from? I mean which is the valley with the vineyards?

... J-D.
It is my understanding that all wines made in the DR are made from some sort of imported grape juice concentrate. There are no vineyards in the DR.

I'm just surprised that there is enough of a market that they export the swill to the US.
 

Chirimoya

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There are vineyards in Neyba, in the SW, as mentioned by suarezn. They do produce and sell a crude, sweet wine, but for years now there has been talk of serious commercial wine production with the help and advice of experts from traditional wine-producing countries.
 

Ricardo900

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But there's allways the bottle with the bodybuilder on the lable... :)

;) ... J-D.

Ahh, La Fuerza.
I remember this older dominican guy near san pedro drinking this stuff and telling me he has 10 kids and if you want kids, drink La Fuerza, hahaha.
 

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Is it better than Ripple, vintage yesterday afternoon? Or Thunderbird, vintage last Wednesday?
 

Ricardo900

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Is it better than Ripple, vintage yesterday afternoon? Or Thunderbird, vintage last Wednesday?

This wine carries a whopping 12% alcohol and it tastes like manishewitz, very sweet. Another 5% in alcohol content will come dangerously close to becoming an urban NYC favorite, "Mogen David" 20/20, something you can curl up with on a nice warm "subway grate" and enjoy. Oh yeah, down a full bottle of this baby, you had better be ready to clear your calendar, hahaha.

It's produced and bottled by Barcelo.
 

suarezn

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It is my understanding that all wines made in the DR are made from some sort of imported grape juice concentrate. There are no vineyards in the DR.

I believe there are now some (albeit small) in the Neyba region (Read my previous post).
 

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There are vineyards in Neyba, in the SW, as mentioned by suarezn. They do produce and sell a crude, sweet wine, but for years now there has been talk of serious commercial wine production with the help and advice of experts from traditional wine-producing countries.


Chiri, I heard those experts and financiers are no more. Reason? the rumor is government red tape got the better of them, so they abandoned the project in frutration.