2005 Finca Sandoval Manchuela

Community Tasting Notes (169) Avg Score: 90.6 points

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  3/3/2024 - NoWineWiz Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Still enjoyable, but has lost some of its pizazz.

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  10/28/2022 - Joelene wrote: 90 Points

  A big prune bomb… but still enjoyable, just now my style anymore

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  12/9/2021 - JohnMcIlwain Likes this wine:

  Dark purple/inky robe with some bricking. Lovely dark-fruited and animale nose with hints of black peppercorn and leather. Rich, but by no means plodding, with good Monastrell density and gaminess and savory Syrah character framed by nearly resolved tannins and buoyed by freshening acidity and any wood notes digested at this point. There’s a fine mineral tang here than seems more limestone in character than schist or granite, though I couldn’t tell you what the soils are. Really satisfying and an excellent value. Enjoyed w/ SE @ Great New York Noodletown. Would purchase again.

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  9/14/2021 - smahk wrote: 90 Points

  Color: deep ruby
  Nose: plum, anise, leather, earth
  Taste: plum, dark fruit, forest floor
  This is still a young looking and tasting wine with tons of fruit upfront and secondary flavors just peeking through - some cigar box, leather and earth. Nice light tannins. Not sure how it will evolve but a few years or more to go.

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  9/10/2021 - Neecies Likes this wine:

  Bill's. Really like this. I owned some at one time and am sad to acknowledge now that I drank them way too young. It's not too young now, but neither is it at the end of its life as the CT drink-by dates indicate. Color still in the purple zone with plenty of cocoa and spice. Not typical syrah to the new world palate--no fennel, tar or bacon--but excellent red wine nonetheless and there's a nice experience ahead for the 643 bottles that remain in cellars.

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