2018 Comando G Rozas 1er Cru

Community Tasting Notes (57) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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  2/25/2024 - Mbad77 wrote: 90 Points

  Seemed quite spikey and needed an hour or two to smooth out.
  Not as enjoyable as I remember but did improve with air

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  2/6/2024 - 831900_ Does not like this wine: 85 Points

  Pretty cranberry color, light, translucent. Strong burnt match bouquet, even though there's supposedly little SO2 used (only at bottling) – some of it blew off by the next morning, but not enough. Herb-tinged cranberry soda smell. Flat, dusty in the palate, with harsh bitter finish. Either bottle variation or I just don't get it.

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  7/15/2023 - redtooth113 wrote: 85 Points

  Deep pink. Could pass for a dark rosé. Herbaceous and grassy on the nose. At first, hints of strawberry but that disappeared quickly. Pretty austere, fruitless, grippy and thin. Aftertaste of bitter herbs. Not a hint of fruit. I’m sure it’s well made and, as the label says, a “wine of place.” Made in the mountains outside Madrid in granite soil. I’m sure it reflects the cool challenging environment for wine with this grape in that region, but I’m not buying the hype. Commando G gets a lot of run, but there’s very little to recommend here. I can’t imagine time will serve it well, but maybe some of the harshness would relent. Hard to tell what would take over in its absence. I continue to think these guys are darlings of the wine press. I like the gredos garnachas of Alfredo Maestro much better.

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  6/1/2023 - ChrisR Likes this wine:

  Similar impression to DCWino's note, albeit I will not claim quite that level of detail. The wine gained weight and breadth on the second night, which offset some of the sharpness of the first night and made it a more complete wine. I will admit to having opened this earlier than I probably would have preferred, but I was curious to try, having heard good things about it. I think this will yield more with time, but that's just a guess. This did not remind me of a chateauneuf, since it lacked the glycerol mouthfeel and sweetness of fruit I find in most chateauneuf, but that's fine; this was its own thing and enjoyable for what it was.

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  5/7/2023 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 92 Points

  Drank from a magnum over the course of two nights. Good but not spectacular (I suppose that’s fair for the price). Tart red fruit, clove, vanilla and mineral. Low alcohol but had some heat to it over both nights. Drinkable but acidic so better in a few years.

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