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2005 Finca Sandoval Manchuela
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2005 Finca Sandoval Manchuela

Producer: Finca Sandoval
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Syrah/Shiraz
Origin: Spain
Region: Other Spain

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93(+?) Points | International Wine Cellar , September/October 2007

($42; 76% syrah with 13% mourvedre and 11% bobal) Inky purple. Sharply focused raspberry and blackberry scents are complemented by fresh flowers, licorice and graphite. Crisp and poised, offering intense, finely focused red and dark fruit flavors, and impressively silky texture and fully absorbed tannins. Fresh and energetic on the long, spicy finish. I suspect that this extremely impressive, syrah-based wine will put on weight and gain sweetness with a couple years of aging.

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