Palacio de Monsalud

Description: Intense ruby-red. It is a tasty, full bodied wine, powerful by retornasal via and with a pleasantly tannic aftertaste. ... more

Palacio de Monsalud ... It has an excellent structure which will allow it to evolve to a great bouquet. Aftertaste of liquorice and vanilla.

Newest Review: ... alternative to red, and makes a nice Summer Drink when chilled. Anyway, back to Palacio de Monsalud. The bottle carries a ... more

... very fancy looking label, a yellow background with lots of ruby writing and cherub like characters in each corner. The bottles I have are 1996 and will be good to store for another four years before passing there best. I opened one bottle recently as I couldn't wait any longer - and really was beautiful. As with most red wines, it's good to let it breath, but it's not necessary with this one as it can be drunk straight from the b...more

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Palacio de Monsalud: A Quaffable Hit (559 words)
by - written on 11/09/01 (Very useful, 480 readings)
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I'm so glad that I only have to write the title of this wine down as my laughable language skills would only do in an injustice to this wine and probably put you off buying it. This is a medium-bodied red wine from the Vina Extremena cellars on the border of Portugal, western Spain. A small vineyard started up by Alfonso Iglesias Infante at the end of the 19th century. Now, four generations later the family owns 1000 hectares of vineyards and three wineries. The main grape used in this wine is Tempranillo (80% of the mix). The second grape is Garnacha. Working behind a bar that sells Tempranillo, you'd be amazed at the snobbery people have ... Read the complete review