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 | 2004 Vinedos y Bodegas Pablo Menguante Garnacha Cariñena
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| 75 | | | 92 | JaneGarvey | Atlanta | Georgia | USA | This medium-full-bodied dry red wine is the perfect red wine for warm weather, to go with grilled meats, barbecue, and roasted or grilled vegetables. Although it has hefty alcohol--14?%--it's still a fine, fruit-filled wine that can be enjoyed with many foods. Or even by itself. First, enjoy the bright, deep ruby red color and good extraction. Vines that are 80 years old provide intensely flavored, small berries. The aromas focus on fine dark berries, and firm but friendly tannins frame the sweet dark fruit, a tumble of blackberry, blueberry and black currant flavors. The hint of caramel comes from the likely use of American oak, but in this case it's not aggressive. Silky textured and long in the finish, with a note of dried dark fruits in the close, this is a wine for lots of purposes, from rustic to fancy. It's also a potential short-term keeper if well cellared. Foods: Smoked liverwurst; steak with blue cheese sauce; grilled duck breast; eggplant-based vegetarian dishes;, such as escalivada; cured meats; grilled ham steak; barbecue; pasty-wrapped sausages with mustard; blue and firm aged cheeses.
Georgia Distributor:
Metro Premium Wines | 09/01/2008 |
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