$179.88
Isaac Fernandez Selección
Campo de Borja (Spain), Spain (Spain)
12 x 750 ml
Breads, Cured Meat, Hard Cheese, Red Meat, Roasted Vegetables
“The 2017 Garnacha Tinto from Legado del Moncayo is nicely ripe, coming in at fourteen percent octane and delivering a classic varietal nose of black raspberries, roasted venison, pepper, garrigue, a touch of celery seed and a complex base of stony soil tones. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, complex and impressively soil-driven, with a rock solid core, ripe tannins and a long, tangy and very well-balanced finish. This is an insanely good value at $11 per bottle here in the states and reminds me of when Châteauneuf du Pape was the bargain in French wines back in the early 1980s! It is approachable today, but will also age very nicely and will be even better with a few years in the cellar to let the tannins soften up a bit more. A great value! 2019- 2035.”
90 points - John Gilman, View from the Cellar, Dec 2018 (2017 vintage)
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$215.88
Bodega Classica
Rioja (Spain), Spain (Spain)
12 x 750 ml
Cured Meat, Ham, Red Meat, Veal roasted
The 2017 Lopez de Haro Crianza has a mellow bouquet of dried herbs, terracotta tiles and red and black fruit that is very well-defined. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin: tart red berried fruit, laced with tobacco and dried herbs on the dry, crisp finish. This is a superb classical Rioja Crianza and a steal at this price.
90 points / Best Buy - Wine Enthusiast, Aug 2020
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$239.94
Clos Figueras
Priorat (Spain), Spain (Spain)
6 x 750 ml
Cured Meat, Ham, Red Meat
$384.00
Bernabeleva
Madrid (Spain), Spain (Spain)
6 x 750 ml
Breads, Hard Cheese, Red Meat, Vegetables
The 2017 Carril del Rey has a very pale color, the palest of the single vineyard reds, as the Garnacha here tends to have less color in warmer vintages when the ripening is faster and deeper colors in cooler years when ripening is slower and more complete. This is always a more Mediterranean expression of Garnacha, but this year the wine is unusually fine, elegant, aromatic and floral, with less alcohol than the 2018 I tasted next to it. It has an herbal and spicy twist, which makes it quite attractive. It's quite ethereal and showy, quite delicate. This seems to transcend the vintage. 2,200 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2019.
94 points - Luis Gutierrez, The Wine Advocate, April 2020
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