Bodegas y Viñedos del Jalón Calatayud Alto Las Pizarras del Jalón

Bodegas y Viñedos del Jalón

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2005 Other 89/100
Garnacha
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Taster #2463 · Nov 12, 2022
90/100
A bit better on day 2
2005 vintage
Taster #9960 · Dec 10, 2020
88/100
Medium to dark purple with minimal garnet. Raspberry cherry with green notes. Palate is blackberry to raspberry with tobacco and cherry. Decanted 1/2 the bottle which knocked down some acid and brought the fruit to front. Try a 2 hour decanting next time.
2005 vintage
Taster #0110 · Feb 12, 2019
89/100
Nose of blackberry, slight French oak, spice. Medium bodied, good mix of mature tannins and refreshing acidity on the finish. Doesn't strike me as particularly complex, but seems well balanced. Also seems to still have some life in it given the acidity, so that it may still gain in complexity.
2005 vintage
Taster #0988 · Jul 9, 2015
90/100
very solid wine, good balance, integrated tannins, hint of dark berry fruits, leather and tobacco.
2005 vintage
Taster #9284 · Mar 24, 2015
88/100
Good energy with decent follow thru on day 1. Day 2 The fruit falls off and this bottle became more bitter.
2005 vintage
Taster #9376 · Mar 4, 2015
87/100
Light tannins, medium bodied. Drink now
2005 vintage
Taster #9121 · Feb 22, 2015
88/100
Nose: Some cherries and pomegranate. Some violets, too. Mouth: More expressive on the palate and silky-smooth. It is still holding up well but I guess it is time to empty this bottle now.
2005 vintage
Taster #8101 · Dec 28, 2014
83/100
Read the Tanzer report and noe of those atributes were present in our wine. it wAS ALMOST AUSTERE with little fruit
2005 vintage
Taster #7954 · Nov 11, 2014
87/100
Not as solid as before, drink now, same notes, but a muted song.
2005 vintage
Taster #5495 · Mar 16, 2014
91/100
Big cherry flavors in a traditional style.
2005 vintage
Taster #6326 · Oct 11, 2013
90/100
Solid wine that is drinking well at present. Flavors of plum and licorice upon opening that turn to cherry and spice with some air. Backed with nice acidity and moderate tannins.
2005 vintage
Taster #4325 · Sep 10, 2013
90/100
Summer Wines - Syrahs and Pinots ... : A pleasant surprise which has clearly benefited from the extra aging the winery gives it (it's a recent release). Deep expression of red berries with notes of tobacco and spice in an elegant but firm frame. Also not a syrah, but has Rhonish character.
2005 vintage
Taster #1486 · Aug 29, 2013
90/100
Had a glass upon opening and put the bottle away for 2 days. Much better the second time around. Very well integrated. Picking up blueberries and white pepper. Wife enjoyed on night 2 (too earthly for her on night 1).
2005 vintage
Taster #8375 · May 18, 2013
93/100
Nobody else in CT seems enamored of this, but my second of two bottles 3.5 years apart was just smoking good, even better than when I had young. Beautiful in it's complex maturity. Every few minutes seemed to evolve - all good- over a couple of hours. Way over-achieving for its pedigree, this, if well-stored, should be worth opening this year if you have it.
2005 vintage
Taster #1486 · Apr 19, 2013
89/100
Still enjoying this effort. Wife enjoys it as well, though not quite as much as the American versions of this grape. A little more earth present in this offering.
2005 vintage
Taster #4294 · Feb 16, 2013
89/100
not as exciting as previous - what happened to the black tea flavors? rather, now a little disjointed.
2005 vintage
Taster #4294 · Nov 16, 2012
90/100
Quite a delicious aged grenache - a bit heavy on the black tea and black fruits on the nose, and then red fruids and black tea and spice on the palate. Good power, and smooth enough.
2005 vintage
Taster #2826 · Nov 11, 2012
88/100
Hot and woody, overpowering the fruit, though what fruit I can see is actually rather cool and fresh. The structure is overblown for the fruit.
2005 vintage
Taster #0988 · Sep 22, 2012
93/100
- Garnet color and has flavours of blackberry, butterscotch and walnut.
2005 vintage
Taster #4949 · May 23, 2012
88/100
Perfectly creditable wine, thankfully still old-world in this Parkerized universe. Wild cherry & cedar on the nose; on the palate, the oak refines away the cloyingness of the grenache while leaving some of the fruit behind, though with a coarse finish. This is in the universe of real wine but is nothing special.
2005 vintage
Taster #4309 · May 14, 2012
86/100
Wow - this juice is falling off a cliff! 93 points and a drinking window through 2022...seriously Jay Miller!?!?
2005 vintage
Taster #7954 · Mar 26, 2012
89/100
Starting to peak, becoming flatter - drink now.
2005 vintage
Taster #1486 · Mar 25, 2012
89/100
Very refreshing Grenache - almost pinotesque. Smooth raspberry.
2005 vintage
Taster #4702 · Feb 26, 2012
89/100
Poured through vinturi and decanted. Raspberry, cranberry, and a little vanilla on the nose. Fresh, tart fruit on the palate. Very tasty.
2005 vintage
Taster #6930 · May 12, 2011
87/100
Popped and poured, and it was getting better as we finished it -- next time I'd decant at least a full hour beforehand. Wish I'd read these notes first.
2005 vintage