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Monesterio de Las Vinas Gran Reserva 2005

Aragon, Spain

Community Score: 4.4/5
Community Reviews: 1

Price: $20.45

Sweetness: Medium Dry
Alcohol: 13%

Drink: Now

Bottle size: 750 ml

Julia Kelada rated this wine as 89/100 with the following review:

Many of you will know who follow my wine reviews that although there are quite a few expensive wines on my site, my quest is to find wine gems for under $20! This wine comes in at $19.60 from the SAQ so so far so good! Upon initially opening this wine there was quite a strong acidic smell so instantly I knew this wine definatly needs to be decanted for at least an hour, preferably two. My second attempt at smelling it released a far more successful reward! there was an initial woody presence and then wonderful smell of lucious black cherries and delicious plums. The taste introduced me to a herby note on the palate with a curious black tea note.The wine was not a completely full bodied wine, for my tastes i found it rather light but that could work well for some tastes,it was dry but it had a wonderful vanilla smooth finish to it. For the price, I actually think this is a good wine choice and a versatile wine!
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