Bodegas Breca

$16.00750ml

When your Grenache "goes to 11", make sure your meal's flavor dial is turned up as well.

It's time for root beer-glazed duck breast,

skirt steak with chipotle cherry salsa

and raspberry mushroom kebabs.

Eyes:

Dark Purple

Nose:

Medium-High Intensity, developing, blackberry, cherry, creme de cassis

Mouth:

Full Bodied, dry, medium acidity, light-average tannin, intense, medium finish, raspberry, creme de cassis, truffle

Imported by Jorge Ordoñez and gushed over unabashedly by Mr. Parker, the grapes for Breca's 2011 are harvested from head-pruned, dry-farmed, low-yield, 65-85 year-old vines, grown hillside at 3000 ft. above sea level and aged for nearly 2 years in French oak foudres. Tooth-stainingly purple, the 2011 has all the hallmarks of a Breca Garnacha: It's dense, supple and awesome.