Favourite Wine
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- fooler0
I've been drinking the shit out of this less than $10 a bottle wine...
Here's a $7.99 Spanish wine that delivers what many wines costing twice as much can't possibly muster. This winery is a project of the Gil Family Estates, a group that produces a bevy of wonderful everyday Spanish wines. Here they have a sure winner that is comprised of 70% Garnacha Tintorera (also known as Alicante Bouschet) and 30% Monastrell (Mourvedre). Your met first with an inky black/dark purple color. There's very primary chocolatey cherry and dark berry aromas with a touch of peppery spice. The flavors are very large scaled, sweet and fruity yet there's no hint of over-ripeness here. It finishes fairly long with with coffee and spice notes and soft tannins. There's plenty of acidity to balance out the fruit and plenty of fruit to hide the 14.5% alcohol. From the Almansa DO in Southeastern Spain, a very warm region, I'm sure that the 2500 ft. in altitude that these vines live in help keep these grapes from getting too ripe. Although it's not the most complex quaff around, it's still an amazingly fruity and easy drinking wine for the price. Imported by Opici Imports, you really can't do much better for $7.99. Cheers.
- MrT0
- oey0
- MrT0
Any fellow Aus-dwellers – if like me you suffer from wine-price rage, this is a good summer option from Dan Murphy's...
- scarabin0
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coppola sofia rose; not wine; coppola claret; something i can't pronounce but is awesome; rose regal (awesome sparkling red); caducues anubis; caduceus primer; some dessert wine i haven't tried yet
- eoin0
- eoin0
@monoboy Sounds like you are talking about a nice Valpolicella Ripasso that you had. Valpolicella Ripasso is a form of Valpolicella Superiore made with semi-dried grape skins that have been left over from fermentation of Amarone. It used to be considered a poor man's Amarone, but now is recognised as a great wine in itself, it even has its own DOC now. As for the ACTUAL Ripasso you drank on that occasion, I would bet that it was La Preosa?