TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Wine Connoisseur
Posts:5219
 | | 10/04/2005 12:39 AM |
| i bought 12 of these last week @ $9.99 per, and i am certainly NOT let down by this purchase. i've had 3 of them so far, and all 3 have been just incredible considering their price point. big & fruity enough to satisfy the bigger "style" that i prefer, but not extracted and syrupy like some zins and shiraz' i like get.
highly recommended as an everyday kind of sipper and then some.
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Budman
Master of Wine
Posts:11877
| | 10/04/2005 12:42 AM |
| TBird... thanks for the notes. You are, indeed, THE MAN!!!!  | | | |
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ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts:12891
| | 10/04/2005 1:23 AM |
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i bought 12 of these last week @ $9.99 per, and i am certainly NOT let down by this purchase. i've had 3 of them so far, and all 3 have been just incredible considering their price point. big & fruity enough to satisfy the bigger "style" that i prefer, but not extracted and syrupy like some zins and shiraz' i like get.
highly recommended as an everyday kind of sipper and then some.
cool. at this rate you'll need a few cases just to get through thanksgiving  | | | |
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Wine Connoisseur
Posts:5219
| | 10/04/2005 1:57 AM |
| and to think i've been pacing myself.  | | | |
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ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts:12891
| | 10/04/2005 2:02 AM |
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and to think i've been pacing myself.
like you know the meaning of the world.
btw, how is the parking space in the middle of your face doing?  | | | |
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Wine Connoisseur
Posts:5219
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Landshark
Barrel Racker
Posts:1894
| | 10/05/2005 4:51 AM |
| | I just bought some today, thanks | | | |
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Blair Ridley
Wine Labeler
Posts:3980
| | 10/05/2005 12:26 PM |
| | Thanks for the note, Tbird. I'm going to be snagging a few of these for weeknight quaffers. | | | |
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Jim
Grape Stomper
Posts:182
| | 10/05/2005 11:12 PM |
| | TBird- I agree with your notes on this wine. I've tried 2 bttls and had a very pleasant impression, esp. given the price point. I'm going to see if I can pick up a few more this weekend. | | | |
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Tom
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2384
| | 10/06/2005 8:16 PM |
| Yes, I agree and have some as well. Great QPR inho.
It is nice to know that there can be wine this good for under $10. Certainly one fine cellar defender for sure. | | | |
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Landshark
Barrel Racker
Posts:1894
| | 10/08/2005 3:27 AM |
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Yes, I agree and have some as well. Great QPR inho.
It is nice to know that there can be wine this good for under $10. Certainly one fine cellar defender for sure.
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Jim
Grape Stomper
Posts:182
| | 11/22/2005 4:06 AM |
| 2003 Las Rocas de San Alejandro Calatayud Garnacha Viñas Viejas (Spain, Aragón, Calatayud) 11/21/2005 6831
Having gone through about half the case I purchased, there is some bottle variation with this wine, but overall all bottles have been very tasty.
The wine tonight showed very balanced, generous flavors of black cherry, pepper, mineral and little bit of chalk. Finishes nicely. I like it. 88 pts | | | |
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Jim
Grape Stomper
Posts:182
| | 12/14/2005 3:49 AM |
| | Finished the last bottle of my half case purchase tonight. This bottle doesn't show as well as others (85 pts), but still I say this is a very nice value. I'll give them a try again with future vintages for sure if the price stays reasonable. | | | |
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Wine Connoisseur
Posts:5219
| | 12/16/2005 12:18 AM |
| i bought 12 of these at the beginning of october and finished the last one in the beginning of december. i knew i should have bought more...   | | | |
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ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts:11169
| | 05/06/2006 2:03 AM |
| The wine was tasted 1 1/4 hours after splash decanting. It had a powerful nose of cherries and spice with oodles of black cherry and baking spice flavors that were well-balanced by the moderate tannins and plentiful acidity. Ready now. Somewhat Pinot Noir-like. Delicious. Me 92. My wife 91.
I paid $8 for it. (Yes, the Viñas Viejas) | | | |
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Vine
Milwaukee, WI
Grape Fermenter
Posts:688
| | 07/13/2008 1:22 AM |
| - 2003 Las Rocas de San Alejandro Garnacha Calatayud Viñas Viejas - Spain, Aragón, Calatayud (7/12/2008)
Popped and poured. Medium garnet hue. Raspberries, assorted dried fruits, mushrooms, earth, and spice on the nose. Medium body. Initially this wine seemed to have a hint of amarone type dried fruit, most likely a result of the hot 2003 vintage. However, ripe raspberry fruit so typical of Spanish grenache eventually pushes forward. There's also a nice, almost savory earthy complexity to this one. Tannins are certainly noticeable but in balance. A good garnacha for summer sipping out on the patio. (88 pts.)
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