2004 Viña Magaña Navarra Calchetas

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 87.5 points

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  7/15/2009 - Oh Dae-su wrote: 86 Points

  Very modern red blend (Tempranillo and Merlot?) for little money. Nice!

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  5/2/2009 - vsbastosx wrote: 89 Points

  The 2004 Calchetas is 50% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 15% Malbec aged 19 months in new French oak. It's the top wine of Viña Magañas from Navarra region.
  Decanted for 1,5 hour.
  Intense and very dark violet color.....almost black.
  Intense nose with layers of fruit, lots of chocolate, tobacco and a bit of alcohol.
  It's really a full bodied wine.
  At first, it was very very tannic....unpolished and savage tannins that made the wine very sticky in the mouth. It was also very hot...you could notice the 14.5% alcohol. Fruits (mainly plums, blackberries and cassis) were playing a secondary role in the presence of the alcohol and the power of the tannins. At this stage, the wine was hard and a bit unbalanced.
  But during the dinner, the wine started to change. The alcohol started to fade out and tannins became less savage. Then chocolate, blackberry and cassis started to show off. This is finally much better and balanced wine, but still a bit hot with medium aftertaste and some astringency.
  It paired very well with pork ribs with grilled sweet potates seasoned with herbs.
  This wine is too young now...it definitely needs more cellaring (at least 3 years more).
  If you want to drink it know, decant it for 2 hours.
  The big flaw is the price...it's too expensive....not a good QPR.

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  2/21/2009 - Harley1199 wrote:

  Violet and mature colour. Lovely and different nose: ripe fuits and gasoline!, clearly a defect. Needs some air to open a bit and give that petrol smell away. Precious legs (lots of alcohol here). Not sure this bottle is representative one cause on palate tannins are still there but you can feel a watery sensation. I have one more cellering, 2005 vintage, for the next year. I like Navarra´s new wave mix (Santa Cruz Artazu, Evo, Alzaina Selección Especial,...) but not this bottle. Hope to be lucky on 2010 or sooner even.
  
  Color violeta maduro. En nariz, una sensación maravillosa pero muy diferente: fruta madura y ¡gasolina!, claramente un defecto. Necesita un poquito de aire para desprenderse de ese olor. Unas lágrimas preciosas en copa (los 14,5º de alcohol ayudan). No estoy del todo seguro de que esta botella sea representativa porque aunque los taninos todavía están ahí, la sensación acuosa es bastante evidente. Tengo un Calchetas 05 para el año próximo. Espero que sea mejor porque realmente me gustan los vinos navarros de nueva ola.

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