Grenacha is the queen of Campo de Borja, in fact the regulator for the DO is calling the place 'the Granacha Empire', sounds like a good catch phrase to put on a license plate.  This is a co-op wine and a very good one at that. These guys produce about 30 wines from local and 'International' varieties, but grenacha is really where its at.The reserva is 100% grenacha from 40 year old vines...

The last in my Grenacha trio from Campo de Borja, and I have saved the best for last.  This is the mid level wine from this bodega, the top flight Aquilon was not made in 2003.  A slight step up in price from the Veraton, this wine drinks like it has seem a lot more work in the winery and is built for aging.  Oddly, out of the 3 wines, this needed the least time in the decanter to show it stuff...

... from a good hour or so.  Big heavy bottles seem to be in vogue in Campo de Borja, all three...

This is the first of three wines I tried over the weekend from Campo de Borja.  All three are Garnacha, the leading grape from this region. From the stats I have it looks like most of the wines from Campo de Borja head out of Spain to the US, Parker is a big fan of some of the bodegas here apparently. From my small amount of experience with these wines, they need a good decant...

... statistiques du ministère de l'Agriculture, le Val de Loire s'attend à récolter dans les prochaines semaines 3 526 000 hl de vin. La vendange des quatres principaux départements producteurs, Maine-et-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Indre-et-Loire et Loir-et-Cher représentera 87 % de ces volumes, complétés par la production de la Vendée, des Deux-Sèvres, du Cher et de la Nièvre. Sur ce total, les AOC et...

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