Decanted Dark purple with light rim and minimal garnet. Dark earthy fruit with little leather. Palate is blackberry and current with plenty acid. Finish brings pepper and spice with long finish.
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An absolutely breathtaking value is this 100% Mourvèdre (mostrell), inky black, full bodied with fine tannins and ripe lively flavors of blueberries, boysenberries, leather and sandlewood, this is a deeply concentrated and powerful wine that sees a whopping 20 months in French oak that drinks like a baby Bandol at a third of the price.
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First time trying a monastrell......... decant this, it helps, I put a couple of hours of air work with it and it helped, the bouquet is grape with a touch of vanilla and a has a strong perfume odor to it, not my favorite. The palate remains on the perfume side as does the vanilla and it tasted a little extracted, the decant time makes a BIG difference, let this one breathe and the perfume fades somewhat. The legs on this are slow moving and it is a little on the sweet side, I drank this at a lower temperature than I usually do a red wine and it helped it out. No tannins to speak of and no spiciness or acidity, it is very smooth and somewhat concentrated with a fairly long finish. This is not an expensive bottle of wine and with food it is worth trying out.
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Great summer red. Cheery notes and very soft palate. Best served chilled. Price is 8.99 and it delivers. Can be drank alone or mixed for sangria. Good value, solid effort, and for this price you can't go wrong.
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Dense purple core with reddish violet rim; sweet ripe dark berry, gingerbread, ripe but good tartness to fruit; palate is a little one dimensional and simple but good dark fruit, tart, smoky, Rhone-ish but Spanish makes sense; good QPR.
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A generous combination of rich fruit, supporting earth and a streak of mocha. Velvety mouthfeel. Great with food. A tremendous wine for around $10. 14.5% alc. (Sidenote: This is a confusingly named/labeled wine. I think it's 2012 based on when it was released but for the life of me I couldn't find that on the bottle. Also: There's Tarima Monastrell and Tarima *Hill* Monastrell. The Tarima *Hill* seems to cost just a bit more and gets bigger scores. Who knows...)
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dark black currant colour with amaranth rim. nose: super fruity and fresh. Plums, pomegranate and even cranberries. taste: quite big with good, high acidity but with sweet, milky softness. nice medium tannins and fruit - plums and blackberries. Wine with personality. Good price too.
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1/13/2019 - Alaskawino Likes this wine: 90 Points
Decanted Dark purple with light rim and minimal garnet. Dark earthy fruit with little leather. Palate is blackberry and current with plenty acid. Finish brings pepper and spice with long finish.
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1/31/2017 - BostonWino Likes this wine: 90 Points
An absolutely breathtaking value is this 100% Mourvèdre (mostrell), inky black, full bodied with fine tannins and ripe lively flavors of blueberries, boysenberries, leather and sandlewood, this is a deeply concentrated and powerful wine that sees a whopping 20 months in French oak that drinks like a baby Bandol at a third of the price.
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9/9/2015 - StageOneRacing Does not like this wine: 84 Points
Decent fruit but the mid to finish was too bitter for my tastes.
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8/8/2015 - heldermramos@gmail.com Likes this wine: 89 Points
Excelente vinho para o dia a dia. Bastante equilíbrio e persistência. Gostei muito da simplicidade e resultado!
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4/28/2015 - wdlohr wrote: 84 Points
This is a dark wine with strong ruby and lush tones on aroma but the taste while full is rough and primitive with a medicinal taste.
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1/5/2015 - swfrance wrote:
much smoother and less tannic than other Monastrells that I've had.
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12/23/2014 - soychick wrote: 87 Points
Not perfect, but very enjoyable. Kind of like a young Priorat.
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11/21/2014 - sailincarib Does not like this wine: 70 Points
Too harsh, bitter taste. Wouldn't buy again
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11/4/2014 - sunalsorises wrote: 89 Points
Great value. Fruity with enough acidity to work with food.
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7/13/2014 - Kathygrat wrote: 88 Points
Terrific spicy nature. Definitely decant for a bit. Very happy with this wine!
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6/17/2014 - bobw75087 Likes this wine: 88 Points
Nice even wine paired with a steak and trimmings; but definitely better after being open for a few hours.
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6/7/2014 - McWing11 wrote: 84 Points
Dry, lacking any fruit or complexity. Tastes of alcohol and little else.
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5/12/2014 - quaffnov wrote: 86 Points
First time trying a monastrell......... decant this, it helps, I put a couple of hours of air work with it and it helped, the bouquet is grape with a touch of vanilla and a has a strong perfume odor to it, not my favorite. The palate remains on the perfume side as does the vanilla and it tasted a little extracted, the decant time makes a BIG difference, let this one breathe and the perfume fades somewhat. The legs on this are slow moving and it is a little on the sweet side, I drank this at a lower temperature than I usually do a red wine and it helped it out. No tannins to speak of and no spiciness or acidity, it is very smooth and somewhat concentrated with a fairly long finish. This is not an expensive bottle of wine and with food it is worth trying out.
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4/3/2014 - synopsis222 Likes this wine: 88 Points
Great summer red. Cheery notes and very soft palate. Best served chilled. Price is 8.99 and it delivers. Can be drank alone or mixed for sangria. Good value, solid effort, and for this price you can't go wrong.
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2/15/2014 - Rezy13 wrote:
Dense purple core with reddish violet rim; sweet ripe dark berry, gingerbread, ripe but good tartness to fruit; palate is a little one dimensional and simple but good dark fruit, tart, smoky, Rhone-ish but Spanish makes sense; good QPR.
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1/28/2014 - DavidDay wrote: 87 Points
Simple fruit, maybe blueberries and black cherries, kind of hard to fathom exact what it was besides red wine.
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1/4/2014 - RobertDwyer Likes this wine: 89 Points
A generous combination of rich fruit, supporting earth and a streak of mocha. Velvety mouthfeel. Great with food. A tremendous wine for around $10. 14.5% alc. (Sidenote: This is a confusingly named/labeled wine. I think it's 2012 based on when it was released but for the life of me I couldn't find that on the bottle. Also: There's Tarima Monastrell and Tarima *Hill* Monastrell. The Tarima *Hill* seems to cost just a bit more and gets bigger scores. Who knows...)
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1/3/2014 - Jeffyboy Likes this wine: 87 Points
dark black currant colour with amaranth rim. nose: super fruity and fresh. Plums, pomegranate and even cranberries. taste: quite big with good, high acidity but with sweet, milky softness. nice medium tannins and fruit - plums and blackberries. Wine with personality. Good price too.
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12/28/2013 - sojoknuckle wrote: 84 Points
Very fruity but over all smooth I am not sure what I would pair this wine with and I think this is more of a cocktail wine.
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12/21/2013 - Rezy13 wrote:
Great little wine for the money; fruit, meatiness, and ok structure.
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12/7/2013 - davedtw wrote:
Jammy fruit bomb. Great for the price. $6 at Costco
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10/4/2013 - Motz wrote: 85 Points
Just about par for the course. A pleasant tasting Spanish jam fest. Probably a great pizza wine.
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10/1/2013 - RussK wrote: 88 Points
Russk. Stacole tasting at Rubell. Young.
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