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The very different faces of Cigales
25 Feb 2010 by Jancis Robinson
Below are three short films which show some very different aspects of the small but intriguing north-west Spanish wine region Cigales (see my tasting notes and a major overview in Cigales - between a rock and a hard place ). First off, a look at the extraordinary soils of some of the oldest vineyards, as shown to me by the team at the biggest bodega by far, Museum. Now, a look at a typical family-owned bodega in this impoverished region where most of the vineyard owners have a tiny plot of vines - and an underground bodega on the edge of one of the villages which provides the setting for a...

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