Borsao Garnacha Tres Picos 2016

Winery: Borsao

Grapes: Garnacha

Region: Campo de Borja

Regional styles: Spanish Grenache

Food pairing: Beef · Pasta · Lamb · Game (deer, venison) · Poultry

Alcohol: 15 %

Even better, and clearly one of the greatest values in the wine world, is the 2016 Tres Picos. It is a large cuvee of 24,000 cases from 100% Grenache, fermented in both oak and steel and aged in French oak prior to being bottled. The vines come from a relatively high elevation of nearly 2,300 feet from a vineyard planted in 1956. This wine shows loads of classic Grenache characteristics, such as pepper, licorice, underbrush, Provençal herbs and a boatload of black cherries and raspberries. The wine is rich, medium to full-bodied, pure and luscious and hedonistic. Drink it over the next several years.

Wine Tasting Notes
Deep and sweet, Tres Picos Borsao is cherry red in color with a hint of purple tones. In the nose, there is a boundless bouquet of mature red fruits with traces of flowers that are typical of the best Garnachas. In the mouth, it is rich and well-structured simultaneously conveying flavors of blackberries, strawberries and tones of leather, vanilla and plums. Perfectly combined with a sweet and pleasant tannin, Tres Picos Borsao leaves us with a long, silky and balanced finish.