2018 Bodegas Castaño Monastrell Yecla
Community Tasting Note
SpenceP wrote:
Saturday, December 14, 2019 - Not remotely a great wine, but, if you're buying wine on a tight budget, this is one you need to know about. It's one of the very few red wines in the $13 and under range that can reliably, vintage after vintage, pass for a wine at twice that price. (I've been following it for several decades.) Fresh Monastrell smells and flavors of cherries, iodine, oranges, wild herbs, even wild animals--yes, you have to like the very distinctive personality of Monastrell (Mourvedre) or this is not for you, but if you enjoy a Monastrell that is unmistakeably Monastrell, you can't do better at the price. Drink this wine young and buy only from a source you trust to have stored it perfectly--there's nothing to be gained by aging it and it will deteriorate quickly with poor storage. My guess is that, stored well, it will keep for a year or even longer.
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Comment posted by Rye Wits Key:
11/13/2020 10:27:00 AM - Good review; very helpful. Thank you. Spot on about Moonastrell/Mourvedre. I keep searching for a Monastrell peer to Domaine Tempier Bandol.
Comment posted by SpenceP:
11/13/2020 1:30:00 PM - Thank you, Rye!