2013 Bodegas Borsao Garnacha Campo de Borja Tres Picos

Community Tasting Notes (46) Avg Score: 87.8 points

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  7/18/2023 - JerM wrote: 93 Points

  (dinner at derek's)
  Oh wow, deep effusive berries, exotic dark florals and wood spices (violets, ylang?). Confection, yes, but age has treated this bottle very well - fully resolved, silky, bright, concentrated, with lifted elegance. Pure fruited, with just an edge of seductive incense. Dry autumn leaves. 10 years is looking good on this, and I wonder how it will hold in another 5. Drinking beautifully now, nothing out of place (not even the alco). Fantastic value punching well above weight.

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  3/17/2020 - penguinoid Likes this wine:

  Colour: cherry red, dark but translucent
  Nose: earthy, leathery, sweet spice, cracked peppercorn, lots of black pepper. Plum, cherry. Tinned tomato. Blackberry. Medicinal. Rich, but savoury. Vanilla, old oak.
  Palate: mature and savoury, with lots of earthy, leathery, and medicinal, cough syrup, liquorice. Plum, blackberry, raspberry, mulberry. Cracked peppercorn. Sweet spice, vanilla, old oak. Rich, liqueured, but savoury. Fresh berry-like acidity; firm, medium grained, chunky, drying tannins. Rich but savoury and earthy. Lovely! Full bodied, 15% alcohol. Seal: cork.

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  3/13/2020 - wtianseter wrote: 87 Points

  This bottle held up well. Flavors were fresh but a bit of agin was evident. Had kept this bottle to test its age-worthiness and it has done fine over the 7+ years.

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  2/3/2019 - WineTally wrote:

  100% Garnacha
  from 35-60 yr old, head-pruned vines on hillsides of the Moncayo Mountains at 600-700 m with limestone and clay soils.
  20-25 day maceration. Fermentation in stainless steel tanks.
  Aged 5 months in new Bordelaise barrels of French oak.
  15% Abv. 6,000 cases.
  Producer: Bodegas Borsao (est. 1958 as the Cooperative of Borja, currently with 375 winegrowers and 3 wineries)
  
  A(ccuracy)=2: Deep ruby/garnet. Full ripe varietal.
  B(alance)=2: Exuberant components, heady alcohol.
  C(omplexity)=2: Dark berry jam, plum, spices, tobacco.
  D(epth)=2: Robust mouthfeel. Weighty palate and finish.
  
  Wine Tally Score [2,2,2,2] = 8/10
  
  High octane tour de force, not for the faint of heart.
  
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  12/2/2018 - madvitale Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Never had a bad 'Tres Picos'. Always a firm, flavorful, berry driven wine.

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