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Review	Product Name	Vintage	Rating	Date Sort ascending	Favorite
Bodegas Borsao - Wine Spectator Insider	Zarihs	2016	93	Jun-2020
Review “This red marries the ripe fruit and toasty oak of the international style with a savory, rustic character. A thick, polished texture, supported by well-integrated tannins and balsamic acidity, carries dark plum, black pepper, soy sauce and loamy earth flavors that are seamless and long.” (Value Pick of the Week)
Bodegas Borsao - John Mariani's Virtual Gourmet	Borsao Garnacha	2018		May-2020
Review “In the 1950s Spain’s struggling economy forced a number of small wine producers to form cooperatives to survive, of which Bodegas Borsao was one. Founded in 1958 and starting a small cooperative winery in northwestern Spain, about three hours north of Madrid, it now includes over 600 growers and offers some of the best wine bargains available. The wine is made from primarily Grenache blended with smaller amounts of Tempranillo and Syrah. It has a bouquet and taste of cherries and raspberries and a smooth, easy drinking taste that mates with most fare, especially beef and lamb and even hamburgers and hot dogs.”
Bodegas Borsao - Wine Advocate	Zarihs	2016	90	Apr-2020
Review “The 2016 Zarihs, which, if you read the name back to front, would tell you what grape it is, has abundant notes of smoked bacon and fried corn, giving it a savory profile. It has abundant smoky and toasty notes reminiscent of incense, cigar ash and cold bonfire. The palate is full-bodied, the wine is ripe with 15% alcohol and there are plenty of oak-related flavors and a creamy texture from the oak and alcohol. Forty percent of the volume spent 12 months in new American oak barrels, which explains the abundant vanilla and coconut notes. For fans of the style, I’d try it with barbecued ribs.”
Bodegas Borsao - Wine Advocate	Monte Oton	2018	88	Apr-2020
Review “The grapey and vinous 2018 Monte Otón is the simplest of the wines I tasted from Borsao, a fruit-driven, young and juicy Garnacha that is easy to drink and has simple berry aromas and flavors, good ripeness and a soft palate. A crowd-pleaser.”
Bodegas Borsao - Wine Advocate	Tres Picos	2018	89	Apr-2020
Review “I tasted two vintages from the flagship oaked Garnacha, the youngest of which was the 2018 Tres Picos Garnacha. But unfortunately, I found both vintages (this and the warmer 2017) to be overtly oaky, with aromas that masked the personality of the grape and gave them an international profile of toast, spice and smoke and a palate with similar flavors plus a bitter twist in the finish. I’d much rather drink the young unoaked Borsao Tinto Selección than this one. The technical data mentions that it spent about six months in new French oak and has 15% alcohol.”
Bodegas Borsao - Wine Advocate	Berola	2016	89	Apr-2020
Review “The red blend 2016 Berola contains mostly Garnacha and Syrah (not sure what the difference is with Bolé) with a similar profile as the rest of the portfolio, ripe red and black fruit somewhat dulled by the use of oak – in this case, 14 months in French and American oak barrels (70% and 30% respectively). It has more dark chocolate and vanilla aromas, but I still prefer the Bolé.”
Bodegas Borsao - Wine Advocate	Tres Picos	2017	88	Apr-2020
Review “The 2017 Tres Picos Garnacha has the disadvantage of a warmer and riper year and also from having lost the exuberance of the 2018 I tasted next to it. It’s less aromatic, and even if the élevage was slightly shortened, the palate seems to have suffered more from the effect of the new oak, which to me doesn’t really match the character of the floral and aromatic Garnacha. For fans of oaky, powerful reds.”
Bodegas Borsao - Massachusetts' Beverage Business	Tres Picos	2015		Dec-2019
Review “This region in Aragon, a mountainous zone in northern Spain not too far from Calatayud, is one of the best kept secrets in the wine world. It’s very dry and desert-like, although when I visited it rained. It’s also super windy. This silky old vine Garnacha (planted in the early 1980s) is made from grapes grown in the shadow of an extinct volcano at average elevations of 2300 feet. Tres Picos, refers to the three peaks that form Mount Moncayo, which dominates Campo de Borja. The soils are gravelly with a high iron content. This is delicate and supple, with red cherry fruit and a hint of peppery spice in the finish. There are also notes of toasted almond and a hint of leather.”
Bodegas Borsao - Jamessuckling.com	Zarihs	2016	91	Jul-2019
Review “A brambly blackberry nose with dark cherries and a tarry edge, too. The palate has cola, smoky, savory appeal and a dark-chocolate and dark-cherry core.”
Bodegas Borsao - Jamessuckling.com	Berola	2016	90	Jul-2019
Review “Ripe dark cherries and berries with wild herbs and background oak spice. This has a very rich and vibrant feel with a succulent, juicy and impressively ripe core of dark and redder-fruit flavors.”

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