Bodega Garzon Uruguay Reserva Tannat 2016
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James Suckling
Iodine, ink, tar, crushed stones and dark plum essence. This has all the hallmarks of a fruity tannat, but it's in no way too much. It combines a lovely firm tannin backbone with tangy acidity, which carries all the way to the savory finish. Drink now.
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COMMENTARY: Taming Tannat is something that I have never forgotten from my early wine education days. I received a rude awakening when I tried my first Cahors—France's growing region that specializes in this grape variety—as I tried to fight through the wines' ferocious tannins. Fortunately, the landscape for this grape is looking smoother, and the wines are suppler than those efforts of yesteryear. The 2016 Garzón Tannat is one of Uruguay's best red wines and drinks famously well. TASTING NOTES: This wine shows rich ripe fruit aromas and flavors, with a twist of licorice. Enjoy its lush palate textures with a rosemary and garlic accented leg of lamb. (Tasted: June 6, 2018, San Francisco, CA)
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A dark purple color and lush blackberry, cassis and woodspice aromas open this full-bodied Tannat. Toasty oak graces its core blackberry flavors, creating coffee and chocolate notes. On the finish, it's peppery, full and textured. Drink through 2020.
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The Greatest Wines of the World are produced where the grape variety finds the ideal conditions to express itself in a natural and authentic way; like at Garzón, where they produce wines that result from the perfect integration of terroir and the different cultivated varieties.
Bodega Garzón is close to Punta del Este, La Barra and José Ignacio, the Uruguayan paradise with mesmerizing landscapes and the perfect combination of past, present and future. The charm of this sophisticated region, located among sloping hills that meet the sea is portrayed in the postcards of Garzón, a small town with 600 inhabitants which is home to tourists, farmers and local artists. This picturesque landscape offers the best environment for their vineyards, orchards and groves.
The wines love the terroir of Garzón with its ballast hills, a soft, stony soil and Atlantic breezes flowing over the vines that result in perfect conditions for creating elegant and complex wines. Therefore, Garzon products are the result of a careful selection of terroir which is appropriate for the development of premium wines and a wide range of grape varieties. This allows the best winemakers to experiment with a new environment and create optimal blends for a market increasingly eager for new wines. The resultant winemaking is focused on producing wines of the highest quality with a distinctive identity, strong personality and sense of place.