La Atalaya Del Camino Vieilles Vignes Old Vines Garnacha Blend

Deep fruit, leather and sweetness on the nose. Chewy, tannins, boisenberry and ripe, sweet fruit.

Black cherry liqueur and bits of white pepper. Hot. A hugely extracted wine but worked well tonight with our variation of Hoppin' John. Fun in the moment.

On the dry side. Mom really liked it. Garnacha and monastrell blend.

Casis, plum, white pepper nose. Boysenberry and medium tannins. Sweet finish of French oak

Good fruit, some over-ripe notes, fine tannin. Overall good QPR for $16.

85% Grenache, 15% Monastrell

Enjoyed while chill’n watching Clive Barker’s Night Breed

@ Pavillions - Rancho Santa Margarita

Absolutely love it. Dark deep fruits. Super easy to drink. Will buy more.

Very dark and dense color, much higher quality fruit than Juan Gil, hints of damp earth and graphite reminiscent of right bank Bordeaux. Tastes complete and united at this point in time, very modern and polished but not superficial. Has a sense of purpose and direction not common in a large scale commercial wine and the blunt style is infinitely preferable to overly fussy winemaking.

Initially very smooth on the front-end and bitter on the back-end. Aeration distributed the taste to be delivered more consistently throughout. Overall, could take it or leave it. Paired well with a garlic cheddar cheese.

GC wine club $45-

Deep ruby. Black cherry, sweet spices hints. Rich, long lenght.