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| Drinking window: Drink between 2015 and 2017 (based on 6 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.8 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 15 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Bruce 1er on 11/21/2019 & rated 89 points: Second bottle tasted. Dark red (no brown), big, lots of extracted fruit, very earthy. tannic finish. (795 views) | | | Tasted by ElSol on 3/25/2016 & rated 90 points: I'm working through my "cheaper" wines, and I finally found a winner here. Its dense and dark, with a meaty mouth feel. I had a hard time placing a dominant flavor- perhaps leather? Not sure how to characterize but it was interesting. Tannins were very dry- in a good way- this is a style I like but I know not everybody agrees. But 3 of us tonight did prefer this over a Nero d'Avola we opened with it. But this bobal has some good dark fruits, balanced acid, and both drying and sour tannins- but not sour enough to be bad. I've had other Bobal's and Sagrantino's where the tannins were so sour you couldn't drink it. This one was just right for me. I drank 3 glasses over the 3 hours it spent in the decanter and the decanting did help it develop more complex flavors. Basically, I think this is a good representation of what can be done with Bobal, and at a good price for an excellent QPR. I do believe I will buy more. (1911 views) | | | Tasted by niloc36 on 10/14/2014 & rated 86 points: A few years ago I was longing to taste a varietal Bobal -- now he American market seems to be overflowing with them. This is neither the best (bodegas Ponce) nor the worst (to protect the guilty!). Very dark with an aroma of crushed raspberries and a dash of pepper. Very tannic, somewhat angular, but with a good core of fruit. A rather tart finish. This requires robust food. It may deserve a better score in the future if the tannins resolve themselves, but I have no idea how Bobal ages! Interesting, not great QPR, and nowhere near as good as FS Syrah. (2669 views) | | | Tasted by AllRed on 8/1/2014 & rated 90 points: Fairly deep color. Notes of vanilla, spice & oak with a nice mix of red and dark fruits. Develops a chocolate quality as it sits. Nicely balanced and bright, the fruit takes center stage though there is some structure here as well. Quite nice. I was thinking Merlot, but as this was the last wine, the person who brought it announced that it was an unusual variety so don't waste too much time guessing. (2867 views) | | | Tasted by RobbieC on 5/3/2014 & rated 85 points: Tasted twice over two days. Way too much oak here - like drinking a handful of wood chips - and the tannins are gritty and bone dry. No balance at all. The fruit is completly overpowered and that's a shame as the flavors you can find behind all the wood are really nice. Scoring at 85 and that feels generous. (2842 views) | | | Tasted by Robert Walters on 3/29/2014 & rated 90 points: - Purple color - Really was a wine that got better the longer it sat open. A slight dark berry nose turned to a teriyaki leathery scent. Dark berry, lots of flavor and explosion in the mouth, thick with long dry finish. Will save other body a couple years (2343 views) | | | Tasted by RobertDwyer on 3/25/2014 & rated 90 points: A wild, untamed young beast. Exotic aromas of Indian baking spices and teriyaki beef jerky. Powerful flavors with sweet but prominent tannins. Really interesting. I'd definitely like to see where this is in a few years. (1858 views) | | | Tasted by noahbw on 8/28/2013 & rated 89 points: Gave a few hours in the decanter. Deep purple in the glass. Nose has some candied fruit, braised meat, and some salty smokey spice high notes. On the palate it is a little constrained, and there is strong tannin present. Still a good mouth feel. Finishes dark with expresso acidity. (1325 views) | | | Tasted by Collector1855 on 6/6/2013 & rated 90 points: At Divo tasting. Grape Bobal. Dark purple. Nose of dark berries, licorice with hints of tobacco and vanilla. Full bodied but not too sweet with strong tannins, ripe enough. Wait for 2-3 years or decant for 2h. (1694 views) | | | Tasted by Bruce 1er on 5/26/2013 & rated 88 points: Very pleasant, fruity wine with good structure, minerals. Nicely balanced. Not complex. Good value. (987 views) |
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Spain is the third largest wine producing nation in the world, occupying the majority of the Iberian Peninsula with vast diversity in climate, culture, and of course, wine. From inky, dark reds of the [Priorat] to dry, white Finos from Andalusia, Spain can easily boast of elaborating a wide variety of notable styles. Within Spain there are currently 62 demarcated wine regions, of which a handful have gained international recognition: [Rioja], Priorat and [Ribera del Duero]. Yet these regions are only a small sample of the high quality wines Spain produces. Regions such as Cava, Penedes, Somontano, Galicia, Rueda and Jerez are only a few of the numerous regions worthy of exploration throughout Spain. Spain can also lay claim to having the most land under vine in the world, growing up to, by some accounts, 600 indigenous varietals of which Tempranillo is their most well known. Other popular varietals include [Garnacha], Bobal and Monastrell for reds and for whites; the infamous [sic] Palomino Fino grape which is used in the production of sherry wine, Pedro Ximenez in Montilla Morilles, Albarino used in the creation of the bright, effervescent wines of Galicia, and Verdejo in Rueda. - Source: - Catavino.net
Spain is not in the forefront of winemaking for its dessert wines, other than for its sweet wines from Sherry country including the highly revered Olorosos (when sweetened). But apart from Sherry Spain has a range of styles of dessert wines, ranging from the those made from the Pedro Ximenez grape primarily in Jerez and Montilla-Moriles) to luscious, red dessert wines made in the Mediterranean from the Garnacha (Grenache) grape. Some good Moscatels are made in Mallorca, Alicante and Navarre. The northwest corner of Spain, Galicia, with its bitter Atlantic climate, is even making dessert wines, called “Tostadillos” in the village of Ribadivia (similar to France’s “Vin de Paille”). The Canary Islands have made interesting dessert wines for centuries (they are mentioned by Shakespeare, for example) and in recent years the quality of winemaking has been improved and the Canary Islands wines are being better marketed now. The winemaking styles for “Vinos Dulces” are also diverse, from “Late Harvest” (Vendimia Tardía) to “Fortified Wines” (Fermentación Parcial). Based on in-spain.info.Castilla-La Mancha Castilla-La Mancha (Fundación Ínsula Barataria) |
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