Bodegas Aragonesas
Coto de Hayas Centenaria Garnacha
Campo de Borja, Aragón, Spain
This is Campo de Borja wine made from 100% Garnacha grapes taken from 100-year-old vines. The wine experienced just four months in French oak, and hits 14% abv on the alcohol scale.
The nose on this wine is subtle, but expressive. Dark berries and oak spice sum it up, but to leave it at that doesn't do it justice. The fruit points toward savory while the spice shows a sweet side. Vanilla, soft and gentle, mix with the sort of cinnamon you put in oatmeal. The cigar box is the one you kept lemon drops in as a kid. On the palate we find that everything is all grown up. It's a lovely and elegant sip, a grape effortlessly shirking off the criticism that it isn't pretty enough. But even though it's pretty, it can still fight dirty. Don't expect it to punch you in the nose, but don't let your guard down, either.
This is Campo de Borja wine made from 100% Garnacha grapes taken from 100-year-old vines. The wine experienced just four months in French oak, and hits 14% abv on the alcohol scale.
The nose on this wine is subtle, but expressive. Dark berries and oak spice sum it up, but to leave it at that doesn't do it justice. The fruit points toward savory while the spice shows a sweet side. Vanilla, soft and gentle, mix with the sort of cinnamon you put in oatmeal. The cigar box is the one you kept lemon drops in as a kid. On the palate we find that everything is all grown up. It's a lovely and elegant sip, a grape effortlessly shirking off the criticism that it isn't pretty enough. But even though it's pretty, it can still fight dirty. Don't expect it to punch you in the nose, but don't let your guard down, either.
Smooth, light bodied. Notes of cigar box and cherry. Very dry.
Smooth, light bodied. Notes of cigar box and cherry. Very dry.
Nov 4th, 2015
Nice bottle of wine. The bottle was super heavy.
Nice bottle of wine. The bottle was super heavy.
Fruit forward with light tannins. Flavors of raspberries and cherries.
Fruit forward with light tannins. Flavors of raspberries and cherries.
Jul 29th, 2016Big, straightforward wine, lots of tannins. Great Grenache
Big, straightforward wine, lots of tannins. Great Grenache
Mar 3rd, 2016Not much fruit flavor, pruney, then hit by hard tannins and bitterness reminiscent of a bad batch of blackberries that left me racing for a glass of water. This app needs a dislike button.
Not much fruit flavor, pruney, then hit by hard tannins and bitterness reminiscent of a bad batch of blackberries that left me racing for a glass of water. This app needs a dislike button.
Feb 25th, 2016Smooth, light, not too spicy or strong
Smooth, light, not too spicy or strong
Jan 2nd, 2016