Variety: Grenache
Region: Aragon
Country: Spain
Year: 2013
Price: $7.95
Vintage Cellar review: The Garnacha de Fuego, a 100% Grenache cuvee, was aged in both stainless steel and neutral French oak. There are 10,000 cases for the United States. This amazing wine boasts a dark ruby/purple color along with a sweet kiss of jammy black cherries intertwined with crushed rock notes that give the wine an undeniable minerality. As it hits the palate a full-bodied, voluptuous texture takes hold and the flavor profile moves towards blacker fruits (ripe raspberries and black currants) intermixed with camphor and forest floor. This full-bodied, rich, glycerin-filled effort should drink well for 4-5 years, perhaps longer.
My review: This Grenache has strong themes of cherries, blackberries, and licorice (like Twizzlers) on the nose. However, some of the deeper flavor complexities of the nose seem a bit hidden to me. On the taste, this wine was very dry and tannic, earthy, dirty, muddy, and darkfruits, such as blackcherries and blackberries. I think this Grenache would pair ideally with the dish Beef Stroganoff, or other beef dishes with a cream sauce, and heavy tomato pasta dishes.
I had this wine without food.
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