Recently I tasted this wine from just south of Spain’s region and it amazed me because I thought I was sampling a Châteauneuf-du-Pape at under $20. It has the dense, dark purple-black colour of the southern Rhône; a spicy, herbal, blackberry nose; and it is full and savoury on the palate.
Food match: rich meat dishes
Bodegas Borsao Tres Picos Garnacha 2010, Campo de Borja, Spain, $19.95. Vintages #273748
Post City Magazines’ wine columnist, Tony Aspler, has written 14 books on wine and food. Tony also created the Ontario Wine Awards and has been inducted into the New York Media Wine Writers’ Hall of Fame. He can be heard on 680News.
