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Artazuri Navarra DO Spain Garnacha 2008

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87/100 45

Deliciously dense, ripe red fruit flavours showing surprising intensity for a wine at this price level. This is a serious red that's deliciously drinkable with juicy flavours and lively acidity. Just the thing for pasta and a rich meat sauce. Great value. The fact that it is sealed with a screwcap is remarkable when you consider it's from Spain, the home of cork where many of the regulatory bodies insist that a wine has a cork if it wants to bear the local appellation.

Tasted: Apr 2011   Closure: S'cap    Average price: NZD $18 (~USD $14)

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