Bodegas San Alejandro Garnacha Calatayud las Rocas Viñas Viejas 2005

muted flavors. nothing special. decent QPR though. robert parker 90 pts..nah. Opened up nicely after a while and became nice and viscous...but it's not a 90 pt wine.

from [URL=http://2daysperbottle.blogspot.com]2 Days per Bottle[/URL].The color is very dark purple-tinged crimson, but slightly translucent.The first impression on the nose is fruit and spice, and lots of both. It takes a little longer to separate them out. Cherries, cranberries, and dried orange peel are the fruit. Pepper leads the spice, but there is something else there, too. It's sage. The last smell on the nose is a very light background, adding nutty richness more than the clear smell, of hazelnut liqueur.Oh gosh that interesting. Give me a minute. The palate is not as sweet as the nose. The fruit is cranberry juice and orange peel, with very little of the cherry from the nose. A little bit of charred meat, plenty of black pepper and toasted pecans make up the mid-palate. Sour cherries and cranberries appear, and then linger for a long time, on the finish, ending with a surprising aftertaste of red licorice. Tannins are very smooth.It will be interesting to see if some of the unsweetened-cranberry bitterness fades from Night One to Night Two. Join me and we will find out together.Night TwoMissed it. Sorry, I had a National Championship football game to watch, and my mighty Gators won it all! By Night Three, though, it was over the hill, slightly oxidized, and I can not fairly rate it.

Great smooth bottle of wine. I enjoyed this bottle a lot!

Nice and friendly. Definite kirsch and berry with very subtle leather. Would be elevated to an even better wine if put down for a year.

Very solid buy, and fairly easy to find in most wine stores that have a decent Spanish wine selection. This is an intense wine. Very aromatic. Ripe berries, mocha and earth, gravel, and probably a number of other undertones that are there to be discovered, give it a great nose. Full-bodied, but not jammy, it has precision and complexity at an amazing price. I love to pull this one out for guests.

Old reliable. Leather, plum and faint barnyard aromas with deep, dark fruit flavours that get better as the bottle is emptied.

from Total Wine & More tampa: $12.99 -- can really smell and taste the pepper in this, but not overly so. tannins. better and better as it warms. very good -- 3.5