"A rich, powerful, blockbuster Spanish BBQ red that defies the price" Steve Bennett, MW
Perfumed with an extensive range of ripe dark fruit & wild fresh herbs
Enjoy this incredible Mediterranean-style wine on its own or with roasted or grilled red meat or game bird dishes
Piqueras ‘Black Label’ Syrah Monastrell 2022 (Spain)
Accolades
Awarded Gold Medal
Gilbert & Gaillard 2024
Description
- Toasted oak
- Ripe dark berries
- Spice notes
- Silken texture
Rich and full-bodied red wine deep in colour with an extensive range of ripe dark fruit and wild fresh herbs. Smooth juicy tannins and good levels of natural acidity combine to offer a wine full of flavour.
Bodegas Piqueras was founded in 1915 by Mario Bonete, one of the driving forces behind the creation of Almansa DO. in south-east Spain (100 kilometres inland from Valencia.) Today, Mario's sons look after the estate, with the help of talented winemaker Juan Cantos. The estate is situated at 750-850 metres altitude with an extreme continental climate, low rainfall and limestone-rich soils which are managed using organic farming methods… perfect conditions for low yielding, slow ripening vines which produce rich, ripe, bold red wines of excellent concentration and quality. The wine originates 50% from 35-year-old dry-farmed Monastrell (known as Mourvèdre in France) bush vines, a local specialty producing inky, dark, powerfully structured wines and 50% 30-year-old trellised Syrah vines, a variety perfectly adapted to the Almansa climate adding dark berry aromas, a dash of pepper and fine tannins. Ages 6 months in both American & French Allier fine grain medium-toasted oak barrels.
Food Pairing: Enjoy this incredible value-for-money Mediterranean-style wine on its own or with roasted or grilled red meat or game bird dishes.
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Once one gets used to it, it's a very smooth easy drinking quaffable red. I'm ordering it again! Best thing is my partner likes it!
Mark - 15/11/2024
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