Community Tasting Notes 83

• JCGuthrie wrote: 87 points

  February 4, 2022 - Based on my last experience I opened this to make coq au vin, assuming it was well past peak. However, it surprised me. Some high toned red fruit with a hint of aged balsamic, bit of earthiness. Actually pretty solid, definitely merits a higher score than the 80 I gave in decade ago

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• europat55 wrote: 92 points

  February 25, 2021 - 1977-1990 Vintage Ports (Blind Tasting) (Zoom): Nose: 91.5 Palate: 91.5 (Tasted blind)

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• skifree wrote: 83 points

  October 1, 2018 - This was the best bottle of the three - acceptable level of red fruit with some depth. It had thrown a LOT of sediment, had to throw out most of the last glass. But at least I could drink most of it.

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• skifree wrote: 80 points

  November 8, 2016 - Well, I actually drank this bottle and since I rated the last one I threw away a 79 then gave this an 80 though "good" is stretching it a bit. Tolerable; much less of the burnt rubber and at times I thought "this is drinkable". I opened this only because my wife needed some wine to put in beef stew. NO MORE MYSTERY WINES FOR ME - EVER

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• Canuckgiver Likes this wine: 88 points

  August 21, 2016 - I guess I am lucky enough to have my half-dozen bottles from the center of the GOOD Garagiste palette. Cellar storage has been kind to my bottles, and the strawberry-cherry, barely raspberry, has softened to the point that it is currently delivering all I ask in a good Spanish red; the acid, tannin and fruit to match up with a perfectly medium-rare Steak Fiorentina.
  I AM a Grenache whore, but that said, there is really nothing NOT-to-like in my bottles in their present state.
  I have 3 bottles left, which I will drink in the next 2-3 years.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2006
• Type Red
• Producer Bodega Carmen Grifoll Declara
• Varietal Grenache Blend
• Designation Tossals Junior
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Spain
• Region Catalunya
• SubRegion Tarragona
• Appellation Montsant
• UPC Code 8437006604024

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• Pending Delivery 18 (2%)
• In Cellars 312 (29%)
• Consumed 735 (69%)

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