A Great Bargain Wine: 2015 Bodegas Alto Moncayo Veraton

The 2015 Bodegas Alto Moncayo Veraton is a great bargain wine!  It delivers in every way what a more expensive bottle would deliver — with fruit, depth of flavor, and pure quality.  This is an excellent sipping wine, which pairs well with many foods.  It’s a Grenache that truly delivers on fruit with strawberry, black cherry, and raspberry.  It has medium tannin and bright acidity.

I have purchased this bottle from two outlets: one is the Grape Tray out of Fresno, CA; and the other is The Wine Consultant in Citrus Heights, CA.  Both locations can ship, yet you would need to check on inventories and the ability to ship to your state.  Otherwise, it is definitely worth a call to your local store.  I recommend that you act quickly, as the inventory usually moves quickly.  This bottle sells for $30 or less!

Here’s the review from the Wine Spectator, which gave this wine a 92: “Round and juicy, this lively red shows ripe flavors of kirsch and mulled plum, with chocolate and licorice accents. Heady but not heavy, with bright acidity and spicy and floral notes on the finish. Drink now through 2022. 6,000 cases made. — Thomas Matthews.”

Here’s Jeb Dunnick’s review, and he gave it a 93: “The 2015 Alto Moncayo Veraton is the entry level effort yet offers serious bang for the buck. Made from 100% Garnacha from vineyards in Tabuenca and aged in a mix of French and American oak, it gives up terrific notes of blackberries, currants, toasted spices and dried flowers. Possessing beautiful purity of fruit, a full, layered mid-palate, integrated oak, and a great finish, it’s a smoking good Grenache to enjoy over the coming 4-5 years.”

 Enjoy!