Community Tasting Notes 5

• mks83 wrote: 88 points

  February 22, 2024 - Day 1-5 - Color: dark garnet with some clearness at the core. The nose consists of dried cranberry, prune, cooked Azuki red bean, camellia seed, burnt tire, and incense ash. The mouth is also ripe and jammy - with medium tannins and medium acidity with warm fat body (14.5% abv.), with aromatically short finish not in sync with the heavy aftertaste. Overall, typical inexpensive Monastrell which is not my style - I expected more from the “ungrafted old vines” origin, and the store which sells it (Flatiron). Got smoother/fattier on Day 2 - almost reminds of a good but inexpensive California Zin. 87-88.
  
  Day 6 - instead of fading, the wine just started acting like a old matured wine focused on melty prune. Almost dessert wine-like, and it’s excellent that way. Might be interesting to age this for at least 5 years. 88-89.

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• ChrisKarp Likes this wine: 89 points

  January 1, 2024 - Lite pepper. Short Finish. Balanced toward Tannin side. Not fruity.
  Would drink any time.

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• Ben Christiansen wrote:

  July 18, 2023 - Really grapey and purply fruit. Almost has a little bit of a sense of bubble gum to it. Spicy red fruited bubble gum.

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• Ben Christiansen wrote:

  November 3, 2022 - Rich and raisiny fruit to it. A powerhouse.

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• Wineio wrote: 87 points

  June 22, 2022 - Bright red fruit, turning to plum, then spiciness. Medium bodied, good with grilled pork or chicken.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2020
• Type Red
• Producer Bodegas Olivares
• Varietal Monastrell
• Designation Altos de la Hoya Ungrafted Old Vines
• Vineyard Finca Hoya de Santa Ana
• Country Spain
• Region Murcia
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Jumilla
• UPC Code 8437001433285

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• In Cellars 72 (62%)
• Consumed 45 (38%)

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