Campo de Borja
Coto de Hayas Garnarcha Centenaria 2004
We went out to a tasting of the 04 Penfolds at Boccaccio last night and bought home a bottle of the 138 GSM to taste along side this wine. Not fair on the Penfolds really, this wine is made from 100 year old vines in a completely different style and a step up in price for the Coto de Hayas. Who says you can't compare apples and oranges. The 138 did very well and its a bit of a favorite at home, but you can read all about it on Winorama.
The Centernaria is a very low production wine from very old Garnarcha vines, there are only 5500 vines available to make this wine. It gets a quick dip in French oak barrels for 3 months, which would get it a title of media-crianza or roble in many other areas. I haven't been keen on this process for many wines, it can leave the wine full of oak without the benefit of limited oxygen contact that comes from extended aging in wood. No sign of that is this wine, the oak is very well hidden.
A brilliant ruby red in the glass, the nose offers up sweet raspberry fruit, woody herbs, violets and desert soil. An odd descriptor I know, but that's what it smells like. Smooth and silky in the mouth, not a lot of tannin to get in the way of the beautiful, juicy fruit. Loads of raspberry and cherry with rosemary, sage and a hint of roasted meat and minerals. Savory, but with loads of sweet fruit with good balance and medium length finish. A great wine for the price. 92 Pts.
Source: Woods/Toro Wines Price: Around $35 Closure: Conventional Cork
Web: www.bodegasaragonesas.com
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Hi Dave,
really very nice wine, with one little problem:
I recommend to tell your importeur to check the wine for glycerin (something he is supposed to do anyway ….). It had to be taken from the market in Germany because of that …
Hope you are still alive!
You could use it as Spanish Love Lube?
What did you think of the 138?
GW
All wine has an amount of Glycerol (glycerin is what you buy at the pharmacy) usually very low amounts. Are you saying that they added some to the wine or it just has a higher than normal amount in it?
I like the 138, nice and earthy, good tannins and very savory. Not sure of the value at RRP, seems to sell for $20 tho. If you can get Gugal CdR for under $20 it would be a tough call…
Well I cannot tell you the exact amount, but it was a few times higher than the usual amount of glycerin was supposed to be. If the authorities take it from the market that means that something definitively was NOT all right ….
Well I survived, so it can’t be that bad
The allowed levels must be different between Australia and Germany, certainly Spain as well. It doesn’t show as a fault in the wine, from memory it would show up as a metallic note and there is no sign of this.
I just tryieng to find a importer or distribuitor in U S A for Coto de Hayas Fagus i live in Washington DC i will apreciate your help thank you! Erick.
Hi Erick, I have no idea as I’m in Australia. But you will find the website above, I would just email them…