Doble Pasta Manchuela Garnacha Tintorera

Okay, but not overly memorable in a series of Old vs New World wines.

This is the 2007 vintage. Not sure why I bothered cellaring this long as earlier examples were fresher and more fruit driven. Enjoyable nonetheless. Dry savoury raspberry flavours from the Garnacha. Better than average quaffer. 16.5+

Looks like I'm in a world of dark wines this past week. This is Garnacha Tintorera aka Alicante Bouschet. At 6 years old, there is little degradation to the color. This is not very fresh in aroma, but is still going strong in terms of structure and mouthfeel. I don't think this is improving, but it still interesting. Paid with a Cuban inspired picadillo with ground beef, bell peppers, olives, raisins in a wine/tomato sauce.

Made by an Australian winemaker. Grenache.

Hmmm. Not bad, everything you’d want; dark fruit, balance etc... but muted.

Deep and brooding red.

Riduculous deep Crimson, meaty and savoury nose, but palate is med / light weight and wonderful balance. Very cool wine 93

Sharp in finish. A bit of a disappointment. Improved on second day.

Dry red wine, probably needs a good, hearty stew to bring out it's best.

A full palate complete with earthy flavors of mulch, tobacco and potpourri. Dances in your mouth like all Spanish wines should ;) Opens well without decanting. 2007, drink now.