Community Tasting Note

Glenn Gilbert Does not like this wine:

Wednesday, September 8, 2021 - 14.5% alcohol; Saranty Imports, Stamford, Connecticut; 'Produit, elaborat i embotellat per Altavins Viticultors, SL, Batea, Spain'; Batea is inland, about one-third of the way from Tarragona to Zaragosa; as Googlemaps, quoting Wikipedia, portrays it: 'Batea produces good-quality wine that has not reached high prices in the market and is mainly used for local daily consumption in the region'; reading this I was expecting big things; the entire wine description on the label is in the Catalan language -- leading one to conclude that Saranty might be partial to the Catalan cause, or else simply careless in its labelling; the composition of the red wine, with percentages, is also detailed on the label, in English -- see TheTallestTexan's tasting report, 2/17/21; the composite cork has a maximum of 3 mm wine penetration, retaining an aroma of honeyed cork; the foil is medium weight; long legs, dark red/purple; opened, vinturied and tasted about 30 minutes later at approximately 13 degrees C; nose of cassis, dark stone fruit, little bit of wet flannel; this full bodied wine's complex composition somehow doesn't quite fit together; it's a shell of sweetness enclosing a core of bitterness and minerals; the initial impression in the nose is deceptive in that the tasting reveals something which is definitely not fruit forward; there is no layering or real complexity, just competing flavors, and toward the back of the tongue and in the long finish there is no resolution; this is not a food-friendly wine, nor is it pleasant to drink solo

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