2005 Tres Picos Borsao Garnacha

cearbhaill

A good, fruit-heavy wine. Nice cherry flavor with a pleasant medium body. For what it's worth, this is the first Grenache that showed me I might actually enjoy Grenache.

2005 Tres Picos Borsao Garnacha

rdaneel

Great value for the price. Strong cherry and dark fruit notes and a very even balance of tannin and acidity. The body is solid, but not anywhere as near as full as a Cab or Syrah.

2005 Tres Picos Borsao Garnacha

stonepony

Couldn't state it better than caz_v above - excellent QPR on this wine. Can't quite give it a 90, but it's right there.

2005 Tres Picos Borsao Garnacha

amgryger

Great dark crimson color. Aromatic nose with a touch of raspberries, a hint of cassis, leather, and a touch of earthiness. Full-bodied with loads of ripe black cherry with a touch of raspberry syrup, finishing off with a peppery spiciness. Though I'll depart slightly from the other reviews because at least with the bottle I had it seemed to fall apart pretty quickly and heat really started showing through. Maybe I will give it another try.

Tasting Tags: black_cherry earthy leather pepper

2005 Tres Picos Borsao Garnacha

caz_v

Aroma: Very Interesting Nose. Very Earthy, Smoky Oak, Tobacco Leaf, and Cherry and Raisin

Flavor: Cherry, raisins, earth, cloves, smoked wood, hint of vanilla and coffee

Terrific wine for a remarkable price, just does not get much better QPR than this wine. One of my house favorites and ironically, I later learned that the same 2 guys make the El Nido Clio (which I can NOT say enough about, liquid bless). Also, make Juan Gil and I believe Tres Picos. And I never knew until I started scouting around the web. This is another wine like the Columbia Crest Merlot where I have been drinking for years totally on a whim and continue to enjoy. Nice to see I was not wrong on thinking I had found a gem of a wine. 1st thing was the nose was extremely interesting. More old world in the delivery. Earthy and could not get over the smoky aromas from the wine. In a very good way! Cherry fruit hit the palette but not too sweet & moves to smoky wood, toasted coffee flavors and a touch of spice on the finish. Nice finish, a tad thin but all in all nice. Great mouth feel and well-balanced. I strongly recommend this wine. Little different than you typical fruit bombs, as it manages some complexity that is unheard of in a $11 bottle of wine!

2005 Tres Picos Borsao Garnacha

rhone

delicious, big Grenache...wonderful $15 Chateneuf du Pape substitute

2005 Tres Picos Borsao Garnacha

Joel Bernosky

Spanish Garnacha is becoming part of my steady diet. This 2005 should drink nicely for the next few years.

2005 Tres Picos Borsao Garnacha

trometer

Blackberry undertones, spicy, tangy on tounge.

2005 Tres Picos Borsao Garnacha

kennyandreozzi

2005 Tres Picos Borsao Garnacha

alexandra