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Bodegas Alto Moncayo

Bodegas Alto Moncayo
2017 Veraton, Grenache, Campo de Borja

Pair this wine with:
Beef Cheese Pasta Pork

Category: Grenache

Date Tasted:
Country: Spain
Alcohol: 15.5%
87 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$24.99

Bodegas Alto Moncayo
2017 Veraton, Grenache, Campo de Borja

Pair this wine with:
Beef Cheese Pasta Pork

Category: Grenache

Date Tasted:
Country: Spain
Alcohol: 15.5%
Black ruby color. Fruity aromas and flavors of raspberry cake, pickled berry, berry pavlova, and white chocolate ganache with a satiny, vibrant, fruity medium-to-full body and an even, medium-length finish with suggestions of vanilla pudding with moderate oak flavor. A fruit-forward, vanilla-laden Grenache that will be a real crowd pleaser.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Fruity, Oaky & Juicy & Smooth
Aroma Aroma: raspberry cake, pickled berry, berry pavlova, and white chocolate ganache
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with suggestions of vanilla pudding
Sweetness Sweetness: Fruity
Enjoy Enjoy: Now on its own and with food
Recipes Pairing: Baked Ham, Meat Loaf, Lasagna
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A fruit-forward, vanilla-laden Grenache that will be a real crowd pleaser.

The Producer

Bodegas Borsao

The Producer
Center National 122, KM 63
Borja, 50540
Spain
34 -976867116

Grenache

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Serve in a Zinfandel Wine Glass
Grenache is the world's most widely planted red variety, yet its fame is primarily as a blending variety. The most famous examples are in the Rhone Valley as part of Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Gigondas, in Spain (where it is known as Garnacha) in Priorat reds, and in Australia, where it is often blended with Shiraz.

Grenache on its own is a light red wine; indeed there are numerous versions of Grenache rosé from France and Spain' respectively, these wines are Tavel and Navarra Rosé. Tannins are very light and aromas are of wild strawberry, rhubarb and geranium.

There are also small amounts of Grenache grown in Italy (in Sardinia, as Cannonau) and the United States.