2007 Xiloca Garnacha

This past weekend we found a new wine shop for us here in the Sarasota area.  Not that it is a new shop, just new to us.  The cool bit is that it is actually a butcher's shop so we found a great source for quality meat and a fantastic wine store.  Check out The Butcher's Block if you are in the area.

There were a couple of bottles open for tasting while we were there.  We liked this one enough to bring a bottle home with us.  And we enjoyed it just as much at home with our steaks as we did in the store, so it was a good decision.  And the price was tough to beat... $11.99.

The nose was full of red and black fruit, notably cherry but also some blackberry.  We were somewhat concerned that this might be a fruit bomb as there was nothing on the nose to suggest anything else, but from the first sip to the last drop there was a solid core of black pepper that blended nicely with the fruit.  The only negative to me on this one was the very short finish that it had.

Cheers!