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Wine of the Week!
Bodegas Maurodos "Prima" Toro 2004   $17     

Get ready to pop the cork on a wine of the week that will take off with your taste buds!  Our choice is from Spain… Bodegas Maurodos “Prima” Toro 2004. 

The best way to describe this wine is the word “black.” It’s got black currant, blackberry, and black cherry all rolled into a wine that just keeps coming at you – and that’s a good thing! 

Toro is a small area in the west of Spain where big red wines are as bold as the word Toro on the label.  This one is one hundred percent Tinta de Toro… their version of Tempranillo.

Try it with braised lamb or a char-grilled strip steak and you’ve got a wine and food pair that just plain rocks.  And you may well hear the flamenco when you take a sip! 

Bodegas Maurodos Prima Toro is about seventeen dollars and it’s a lot of wine packed into the bottle at that price.

Ole’ and Pop the Cork™.

Wine on the Radio - December 21, 2007

Winemaker's Notes and Comments:

Wine Advocate 90 points - The 2004 Prima is 100% Tinto Fino aged for 11 months in French and American oak and bottled unfiltered. Purple-colored, it reveals notes of cedar, pencil lead, black currant, and blackberry liqueur. Medium to full-bodied, the wine’s personality is fruit-filled and flavorful. It has fine depth and concentration and the tannin is ripe. This strong effort will evolve for 2-4 years and drink well through 2017.

Notes on our Wines of the Week, Recommendations, and Picks:

When you read our thoughts, please remember that you may think differently.  A particular wine may be your favorite and not on our list.  Well, don't stop buying it because of that.  In fact, you may want to email us and let us know about it. These are our opinions but our FIRST recommendation is to go by your own palate.

A couple of other thoughts...first, prices are approximate.  They'll vary.  Second, different vintages mean different grapes and different tastes so our recommendation for a 2000 Merlot may not hold for 2001.

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