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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.4 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 13 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Tgood on 4/17/2024: 55F since acquiring on release - Translucent clear crimson- floral raspcherry ready clean deep and pure - lively and spicy tartness and tannins - no hurry on remaining bottles
Day 2 - no delta - still sparklingly crystalline raspcherry- ima beleva (143 views) | | | Tasted by Alienor_d'Aquitaine on 11/10/2023: Etwas stört (187 views) | | | Tasted by ledocq on 5/22/2023: As ever, floral and light but with a sneaky power to it. Good from the pop and pour, which is I think a first for me and the Vina Bonita. Remains one of the best QPRs for grenache, at least for me. Night two: exactly the same as night one. (562 views) | | | Tasted by Ray@Heimbuchassoc.com on 3/22/2022: Out of the chute - closed light garnet red. Solid tannin, lavender long finish. (281 views) | | | Tasted by adamanko on 11/22/2021 & rated 92 points: Had my second bottle. Light on it's feet but not without depth. 91-93. (1009 views) | | | Tasted by MAXIMUM SATISFACTION on 10/11/2021 & rated 93 points: Light bodied and refreshing but likely too young. Red berries, some animal and dried herbs but overall muted with only structure showing. Wait a 2-3 years here. The 15% alcohol is totally hidden and integrated (whiteout and excess to cover it up) so add two points for that. (1051 views) | | | Tasted by adamanko on 9/16/2021: Extreme yumminess! Delicious red berries but other things dwells in the background. This is really good but I can't decide whether it's great QPR. Probably have to open another one to decide! 90-94 (862 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 7/14/2021: Darker in color here. Raspberry fruit and also kinda empty on the mid palate. Everyone else loves it but its not doing it for me! (949 views) | | | Tasted by ledocq on 12/31/2020 & rated 93 points: Give it two hours - more floral than prior years but every bit the complex winner it always is. Goes with pretty much all the foods. (989 views) | | | Tasted by dbkitc on 10/18/2020 & rated 88 points: Ok. Deeper cherry color. Nose is piquant with berries and big alcohol. Alcohol follows on the palate. Too big for me. Don’t know where this will go. There’s a lot of good here but overdone IMHO. (88) (689 views) | | | Tasted by baroloboy55-2.0 on 7/25/2020 & rated 93 points: This is my first expsosure to the Vina Bonita. I've been loving Bernabeleva's Arroyo de Tortolas (2016) and been absolutely gaga about Comando G's Rozas 1er. Also really enjoying other Gredos producers, e.g. Maranones and 4 Monos. I'm also having trouble linking Guttierez's review of this wine.
This is a big wine, much bigger scaled than some of the other Gredos garnacha I've had. The color is still deceptively light. The palate is very pure, bright, red strawberry tinged fruit, elegant granitic underpinings, and wild provencal type herbs. The wine has a lot more structure and weight than I'm accustomed too and I think it needed a few hours of air to reveal its inner beauty. So I will update this note after a more thoughtful analysis tonight (I have it on Coravin) but I suspect that this one will need a few years before it can truly show itself. The ABV is 15 pct, which surprises me for the Gredos. But still a clarity and purity that I don't find in CdP made in this millennium. I don't know whether it is this terroir, this producer, or this vintage, but if any other Gredos-heads can enlighten me, I'd appreciate greatly. (882 views) |
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U.S. Importer (Addt'l Info)GarnachaWikipedia: In Spain, Grenache is known as Garnacha and given the likely history of the grape this is most likely the grape's original name. There are several clonal varieties of Garnacha with the thin-skinned, dark colored Garnacha Tinta (sometimes spelled Tinto) being the most common. Another variety, known as Garnacha Peluda or "Hairy Grenache" due to the soft softly hairy texture on the underside of the vine's leaves is also found in Spain, mostly in Borja and Cariñena (Aragón). Compared to its more widely planted cousin, it produces wines lower in alcohol and higher in acidity that show spicy and savory notes more readily as they age.[11] Widely planted in northeastern and central Spain, Garnacha was long considered a "workhorse" grape of low quality suitable for blending. In the late 20th century, the success of the Garnacha based wines from Priorat in Catalonia (as well as the emerging international attention given to the New World Rhone Rangers) sparked a re-evaluation of this "workhorse" variety. Today it is the third most widely planted red grape variety in Spain (behind Tempranillo and Bobal) with more than 203,300 acres (82,300 ha) and is seen in both varietal wines and blends.[3]
Garnacha plays a major role in the Denominación de Origen Calificada (DOC/DOQ) wines of Rioja and Priorat and the Denominación de Origen (DO) wines of Navarra and all southern Aragonese and southern Catalonian appellations, plus the mountainous areas just southwest of Madrid: Méntrida and Cebreros. In Rioja the grape is planted mostly in the warmer Rioja Baja region located in the eastern expanse of the wine region. Usually blended with Tempranillo, Garnacha provides juicy fruitiness and added body. In recent years, modern Rioja producers have been increasing the amount of Garnacha used in the blend in order to produce earlier maturing and more approachable Riojas in their youth. Garnacha is also used in the pale colored rosados of Rioja.[3] The vine has a long history in the Navarra region where it has been the dominant red grape variety with nearly 54% of the region's vineyard planted with Garnacha. Compared to neighboring Rioja, the Garnacha-based blends of Navarra are lighter and fruitier, meant for earlier consumption.[5]Spain Vinos de España - Wines of Spain (Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior) | Wikipedia
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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.Madrid Vinos de Madrid (Español)
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