Barahonda Monastrell
2005 / 750 ml.
Ratings Key:
- SP Wine Spectator
- WE Wine Enthusiast
- OT Other Review Service
- RP Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate
- ST Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar
- Gold Premier Gold - Best Value*
- Plat Premier Platinum - Our Highest Recommendation
- * as rated by our staff
Published Reviews
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89 pts. Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate: February, 2007
The 2005 Barahonda Tinto is almost as good. Produced from 100% Monastrell and raised in stainless steel, this dark ruby-colored wine has an attractive nose of forest floor, mineral, and blueberry. It has a supple palate-feel, sweet fruit, and excellent balance but it is just a bit more compact on the mid-palate and shorter on the finish than the Carro. Nevertheless, it is a superb value.
- 88
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88 pts. Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar: Sep/Oct 2006
Medium red. Smoky, meaty aromas of raspberry and wild strawberry, with a mineral accent. Fresh and silky on the palate, with medium weight and sweet red berry flavors. No tannins here, just sweet, supple, delineated red fruit flavors with an intensity rarely found at this price.
Staff Picks
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Kim Sopko: July 3, 2008
Attention all California Merlot drinkers — looking for something new? I’ve got the perfect wine for you: the 2005 Barahonda Monastrell form Spain! Produced from 100% Monastrell grapes, this luscious red is incredibly smooth, with a tantalizing, velvety mouthfeel and deep, generous body, reminiscent of some of the best Napa Merlots. Juicy blackberry, plum and black cherry in every sip. Open your mind and your heart to Spain, the not-so-secret value region that is taking the market by storm!
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