Las Rocas Garnacha, Vinas Viejas, Catalayud (Spain) 2005

Red/purple.

Clean, spicy, earth, black raspberry nose. Even some peanut.

Sweet, round and packed in the mouth. Serious action leavened by strong acidity. Huge mid-palate material rides alongside a vein of acid-driven structure. Very fresh and chewy throughout. At this price, the flavor-pixel number is simply stupid.

Day 3 - Now showing a typical Garnacha citrus note, with earth/peanut, savory meat and wax. Citrus peel (orange/grapefruit) character the main feature in the mouth now. Ridiculously long citric finish coats the mouth with flavor chew.

This will go for several years. Love to see this blind in a southern Rhone tasting in 2016.

Day 7 - This could have been opened today - citrus and spicy ketchup flavors. Deep and loaded.

$16