Hecula Monastrell 2009

LCBO: 2047 bottles

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Score: Natalie's score Community Score: 4.5/5 Community Reviews: 3 Add My Review Product #: 300673 Wine Type: Dessert Wine	Price: $11.80 Alcohol: 14% Drink: Now Sweetness: Extra Dry Bottle size: 750 ml Winery: Hecula Agent: John Hanna & Sons Limited

Note: I publish batches of reviews that I call Good Values Wine Picks. These are from the regular section of the liquor store rather than the Vintages section, and tend to be lower priced and the most widely available of all wines. The last four reviews I did were: March 7, January 4, December 16 and November 20.

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Natalie's tasting note, score, food pairings and recipes for this wine

Reviewed January 4, 2013 by Natalie MacLean

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Opinions about wine differ greatly as the experience is subjective. You may find it helpful to compare this critical evaluation of the wine with mine as well as your own:

Travis Oke rated this wine as 91/100 with the following review:

I've been told by my reliable Vintages guy that this is the "little sister" to the former Hécula that I loved so much.
Well, I guess I just fell in love with the little sister. A "Heck Ya" of a buy (sorry, I couldn't resist) for under $12.
Enough tannins to make me happy, and the monastrell fruit is prominent.

Dan Trcka rated this wine as 89/100 with the following review:

The 2009 Bodegas Castaño Hécula Monastrell, aged in oak for 6 months, is a medium bodied, fruity wine, with intense aromas of fresh dates, cranberry and oak. It has a nice food friendly acidity, refined tannins (decant for 15 min) and a medium to long finish. It is good to drink now or can be cellared for the next 5 years - it has en evolution potential of +1 pt; as aforementioned, this is a food friendly wine. My impression: NICE, 89 pts - used to cost $15, for this price buy-by-a-case before they are all gone. Tasted Dec/12.

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Serve this wine between 60-65 degrees Farenheit or 15-18 degrees Celsius.

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