Variety: 100% Garnacha
Region: Puente La Reina
Country: Spain
Year: 2012
Price: $6.95
Winery Review:
“One of the finest roses I have tasted this year, the 2012 Vinedo No. 5, made from 100% old Grenache vines from a single vineyard, is loaded with character. It is an expressive, medium-bodied, light salmon/pink-colored, dry rose with flamboyant, jammy strawberry and raspberry characteristics. A beautiful texture as well as a long finish result in a terrific rose. Readers may be interested to know it was chosen as the best Spanish rose in a competition held by 500 sommeliers. Drink it over the next year."
Robert Parker 90 points
My Review: The smell reminds me of strawberry jam. The initial flavor of strawberry comes through with a bit of heat tingling the inside of my mouth. It has a nice, medium-body texture and has a lingering berry flavor that lasts after the sip. In the future I think decanting this wine would go a long way of bringing out more fruit notes and taking away some of the alcoholic heat.
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