9/15/2011 - Rayas78 wrote:

Excellent, earthy Rosso with good acidity. I suspect it needs another year in the bottle (or time decanted) to show its best.

3/15/2011 - Rayas78 wrote:

Concentrated red fruit flavors but overly acidic

3/12/2011 - Rayas78 wrote:

Concentrated, long, full bodiied. Syrah and mourvedre flavors in balance. Outstanding value. Ready to drink.

3/10/2011 - Rayas78 wrote:

Nice, light body, strawberry flavored, with good acidity

3/3/2011 - Rayas78 wrote:

Medium body; earthy, smoky flavors. Would be good with hearty food.

2/26/2011 - Rayas78 wrote:

Nice aromas; Full body with spicy, concentrated red fruit favors. Long.

12/26/2010 - Rayas78 wrote:

Ready to drink but benefited from 1 - 2 hours decanting. Concentrated; Dark fruits, earthy, leathery flavors. Excellent wine, especially at this price.

10/7/2010 - Rayas78 wrote:

Medium body, strawberry flavors with bracing acidity; delicious.

7/28/2010 - Rayas78 wrote:

Dark, still a bit tannic, leathery, dark fruit flavors. Deep. Excellent wine, although at $30 a little pricey

4/10/2010 - Rayas78 wrote:

I bought this after having my first mencia in a Spanish restaurant in Philadelphia. That one was more elegant and Burgundian. This one is a much bigger wine, on the order of a southern rhone. Dark purple, concentrated wine with red fruit and earthy flavors. I don't have any experience with mencia or Jose Palacios, but despite the reviews I read, although drinkable it is still tannic. I think it be better in a year or two.

3/15/2010 - Rayas78 wrote:

A weell-made wine: concentrated and long. Howver, the prune and peppery finish was not to my taste.

3/4/2010 - Rayas78 wrote:

Dark purple color. Concentrated, explosive red fruit flavors; earthy; long; some soft tannins at end. Excellent value.

2/24/2010 - Rayas78 wrote:

Concentrated red fruit, spicy, earthy flavors, but with lively acidity.

2/20/2010 - Rayas78 wrote:

Dark purple. Concentrated, red fruit and mineral flavors. Still somewhat closed but already delicious.

2/10/2010 - Rayas78 wrote:

Absolutely delicious, with concentrated red fruit flavors and great length. It was a bit tannic at first, but they melted away after decanting. This should be even better in 2011 or 2012.

2/9/2010 - Rayas78 wrote:

Purity of fruit, excellent acidity, and a mineral quality in a medium-framed, delicious wine, especially at the price

1/10/2010 - Rayas78 wrote:

Brown at the edge and with less fruit than before, but drinking well, with complexity. The iodine-like taste of mourvedre, which can sometimes be too much with Tempier, is very pleasant at this point.