2012 Bodegas Alto Moncayo Campo de Borja Veraton- Spain, Aragón, Campo de Borja (4/23/2015)
Gregory: Would drink while drunk again.
Pin Wa: 尝起来像酒，不是鸡.
Rebecca: Very bright fruit with just a touch of vanilla at the back but not overpowering. cherries at the back. So good now that I do not want to wait the three more years it should get.
Jay: Raspberry cream and spice. This is consistent with all prior vintages of this wine but the 2012 is approachable now. There is a bit of chocolate or coffee, apparently from the barrel toast. If this progresses like prior vintages (I had the 04 and the 06), this will be truly exceptional in a few years. (93 pts.)
Almost every year I’ll try a bottle of their Tres Picos. It’s all over nowadays, supermarkets/costcos etc. I know some don’t care for grenache/garchacha/garnacho but I like the stuff.
I wonder if those who are predisposed to like merlot like grenache as well.
The Tres Picos is from Bodegas Borsao and the Veraton is from Bodegas Moncayo, although I think the fruit is sourced from the same area. Although I like the Borsao wines, I find the Tres Picos to be a clear one or two steps below the Moncayo wines. The Aquillon, which is the top of the line at Moncayo, is an exceptional wine that deserves a place at the table in any discussion of fine or great wines.
I do not drink a lot of merlot, but I do not see any great similarity.
The few times I had Veraton, maybe around 2008 or so (that’s when I had it, not the vintage), it struck me as just over the line ripe, sweet, oak and without acid. And I’m not the typical WBer who grandstands about any wine with ripe fruit or new oak or demands everything to be 13% alcohol, but it was one of the relatively rare times for me that I found a wine out of bounds in that respect.
I’m not sure if it’s just different perceptions, or if maybe they’ve pulled back from that style since the mid 2000s vintages I would have tried, or if as Carlos suggests they just need more time. I certainly do tend to like modernish Spanish garnacha wines as an overall category. Any thoughts?
I can see how a lot of people would consider this wine to be over the line. VERY fruit forward. I like it. I just checked my many tasting notes and it looks like the sweet spot appears to start at about 7 years.