Bodegas Escorihuela Gascón Malbec Gran Reserva

My Grade: VG+. Very acidic at first, but transformed with 3 hours air. Deep black cherry color, complex nose of cherries, plums, cassis, menthol, black pepper, earth, slight funk. Rounded and smooth on the palate with plums, blue-black fruit, silky tannins, not much structure, medium, juicy, finish. Not so exciting, but pleasant and very drinkable.

2009 vintage

Very dark red, smooth with a decent finish. Overall, it is not very complex, but I enjoyed it.

2009 vintage

Bouquet: A bit fruity Color: Purple-violet Body: Medium Acids: High Tannins: Medium Balance: Well balanced Fruitiness: Medium Finish: Simple, short

2009 vintage

Very tannic.

2009 vintage

We really liked it! A good bouquet, a little loamy/musty, but good fruit aroma. The taste was nice fruit forward, with lots of acid and tannin, and a nice lingering finish. I'd drink it again any time.

2009 vintage

relatively closed, plenty of dark red fruit , soft tannins , good balance, everyone's friend, worth every penny

2009 vintage

In the bouquet there are dark forest fruits, but overall it is still a bit locked. On the palate the wine has dark forest fruit juice, chocolate and a good concentration. Pleasantly enough the freshness wins it from the extraction. Excellent wine.

2009 vintage

Very good. On its own. Sweet but not overly pretentious. Good with light foods.

2009 vintage

Inky opaque ruby color ~ Nose of sweet blackberry, black cherry & smoke ~ The palate is big bodied medium +acid & tannins with flavours of cola, green pepper, black cherry & a bit of oak ~ not disappointing but not really memorable either

2009 vintage

Deep ruby. Medium + intensity Taste: Fruit forward - Blackberry, blk cherry, hint of oak, vanilla, smoke. Nice

2009 vintage

A cheap and reliable date. Not to be taken out in company unless they serve homemade wine. Also a good choice when kids come back from uni with a posse.

2009 vintage

- Brick color with medium forming legs and aromas of black pepper. It's overly acidic and has flavours of acetic acid, black pepper and moldy with a medium body. Coarse texture with a medium finish.

2009 vintage

Very tanninic when first opened; After airing out, it had a single strong spice (pepper); Buy again: No

2009 vintage

Smooth, opened nicely after 4 hours.

2009 vintage

- Brick color with a medium/full body. Satin-Like texture with a long finish.

2009 vintage

The finish is short and on the bitter side. Seemed thin, with fruit somewhat hidden, and as a result, to me this is a poor representation of Malbec.

2009 vintage

Bright, fruit forward with cherry and blueberry leading the nose and palate. Very soft tannins and a somewhat short finish. It's a surprisingly good Malbec for the price. It's also very distinguishable as a Malbec (completley blind you'd know what varietal this was). A good wine for people trying to learn Malbec from other Bordeaux grapes (because it's inexpensive, you can buy several bottles to try with different things).

2009 vintage

A bit heavy on the nose, didn't quite open up to reveal much fruit. A bit more musty than WA State Malbecs.

2009 vintage

Dark, soft, smooth, tasty. Crowd pleaser for sure. Simple, but a tasty quaff none-the less. No reason to wait. 87

2009 vintage

A smooth easy drinking Malbec that will please the masses. There is dark cherry and plum with some pepper and loamy notes as well.

2009 vintage

Surprisingly tasty for value. Pepper and fruit well balanced. Very drinkable right now.

2009 vintage

A very easy drinking Malbec.

2009 vintage

Went well with Pizza

2009 vintage

This was a nice bottle for $12.00, It had nice a berry and cherry aroma along with those same flavors. It goes well with a steak . We had the rest of the bottle the next day and it opened up some, Mellowing out some more. All in all a good value.

2009 vintage

Not bad 28 Chocolate

2009 vintage

Pretty harsh.

2009 vintage

This wine is designed to taste like a young wine. Maybe even some carbonic maceration. Probably little or no oak treatment, as opposed to it's brother the reserve, whose nose smelled like the inside of a wine barrel. They bring us plenty of pure blueberry fruit. Deep dark glass staining color. Almost tastes like a barrel sample of wine that is not quite finished. Probably did not go through 100% malolactic fermentation. There is a lot of flavor here, but …

2009 vintage

Not bad at all. Worth the price. Wouldn't be great with grilled meats as much as its a little on the weak side of malbec land...but it would be very balanced with meat and tomatoes and onions, etc....

2009 vintage

Malbec are great change of pace wines for Merlot and Cab drinkers, this Malbec has a spicy plum aroma, dark red color. Flavor is slightly spicy with nice finish. Easy to drink light vanilla oak finish. Will try again get better after opening.

2009 vintage

lush red fruit on the nose, berry jam, cinnamon and strawberry on the palate, full, soft, fruity, typical Argentina entry malbec, alright with a steak sandwich

2009 vintage

My favorite every day Malbec. Good intro to the grape for Cabbies. Leather up front and stone on the finish.

2009 vintage

Very good full bodied. Great with lomo al trapo

2009 vintage

Not the best, but at this point any wine will do.

2009 vintage

Smooth and well balanced but simple.

2009 vintage

Good fruit but not much depth.

2009 vintage

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