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SPECIAL SELECTION OLD VINE GARNACHA 2017 DOP Cariņena
Vintage Assessments Tasting Note Producer MONASTERIO DE LAS VIŅAS
This 100% Garnacha has a fairly intense purple colour and a bright, gently juicy, ripe plum-cherry-cassis nose with some mineral-tinged, cedary notes. Dry, medium-bodied, quite well structured, slightly spicy, intense, somewhat maturing, plum-cherry-blackberry fruit flavours with a lingering, fairly high acid, gently savoury finish. It spent 4 months in French oak and has 14.5% alcohol and 3 g/L residual sugar with lot number L23028D on the back label. A versatile, ready-to-drink. crowd-pleaser CSPC 10635
Type Red Table Wine
Agent Nob Est
Country Spain
Region
Rating **/**+(88.5 points)
Dry, Bright, Ripe, Raedy
LCBO Text Status Recommended by Vintage Assessments!
A Best Buy
TASTING NOTE: Sourced from 40-year-old vines, this wine then spent four months in French oak. It's ripe but poised, with well-framed red and dark fruit, earth, savoury herbs, and a lifted minty/licorice note. This approachable, succulent wine is ready to drink now. Perfect for barbecue. Price $ 18.95
Bottle Size 750 mL
Tasting Date vintages release - August 19, 2023
Cases bought 630 (12 bottles per case)

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Score:    - Not Presented   * Below Average   *+ OK   ** Good    **+ Excellent    *** Outstanding ***+ Exceptional

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