Name: Jardin de Luculo Navarra 2012Variety: Garnacha
Region: Navarra
Country: Spain
Year: 2012
Price: $6.95 at Vintage Cellar, Regular $19
Shop Review: There’s a lot more in the bottle of the 2012 Jardin de Luculo, which is pure Garnacha from 30-year-old vineyards fermented in concrete vats with indigenous yeasts and aged six months in used barrels. Here the nose shows much more complexity, notes of sweet cherries, red licorice and hints of sweet spices. The palate is medium-bodied, quite dry and the flavors denote some very ripe fruit underneath. The slightly drying finish should go almost unnoticed with lamb chops, rather than drunk on its own. It’s approachable now, but it should develop in bottle. Drink 2014-2018.
My Review: On the nose this wine gives aromas of spice, leather, dark berries, and cherry. In terms of taste this wine provided cherry and slightly sweet spice. I believe that this wine would have been more complex and open if it were tasted with food.
This wine was not tasted with food.
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