(Big) Blue and Wine: Borsao

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Borsao

Name: Borsao
Color: Red
Varietal: Blend (Tempranillo/Garnacha)
Vintage: 2006
Country/State: Spain
Region: Borja
Price: $8
Stars: 4 (out of 5)

Wow! I liked this wine a lot...For less than $10, this was another great value from Spain. We drank this wine last night with a pork roast and some pasta. The color was a very deep red/purple in the glass, with an aroma of red berries and black cherry. I really expected this wine to be similar to the Red Guitar, also from Spain and also a Tempranillo/Garnacha blend...Instead, it really tasted more like an Australian Shiraz. It was very juicy and jammy, but soft and velvety in the mouth. I'll definitely be buying more of this in the future!!

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The main purpose of this blog is to provide an outlet for my wife and I to keep track of and easily organize wines as we buy them, drink them, and review them. Although we have been drinking wine for years, we really developed a strong interest in wine in the late summer of 2008. From about August of 2008 through mid-March of 2009, we consumed approximately 35 bottles of wine. I have tried to keep track of these wines and our feelings about them, primarily through the use of Excel spreadsheets. I am hoping that this blog will allow us to accomplish some of these goals more effectively and interactively. I briefly summarized these wines in the first post of the blog. Subsequently, I will post more detailed notes regarding our tastings as we look to expand our palates and continue our journey of exploring the world of wine. Along the way, I will try to make notes about my wine-related influences and provide links to some of my favorite sources on the web. Occasionally, I may post about other life events or happenings in the world of sports and music, two of my other passions.