Color –Dark red
Nose – Green bell peppers, blackberry
Taste – Having sampled nearly all of Conca y Toro’s inexpensive wines and being, for the most part, underwhelmed (besides the amazing Concha y Toro Trio); I was surprised that this wine is as good at it is. Simply put this is a great inexpensive, bulk wine. The flavors are very vegetal and herbaceous but also very pleasant and fulfilling. There are few transitions in this wine as far as flavors go. What transitions there are in this wine are as follows: green bell pepper, dark cherry, alcohol. The mid-palate is all cherry and raspberry, while the finish is rather short and personified with muted tannins, celery, and cut grass. This wine is medium bodied and a little “watery” at times. Normally I would say a wine of this “caliber” is poor, however, this wine is very inexpensive, 8.99 for 1.5 liters. And the quality is actually pretty darn good at that price point. There aren’t any surprises, it lacks anything close to depth, and there isn’t a hint of complexity in this wine at all. But it tastes good, and goes down really smoothly on its own or with food. So I have to say it’s a pretty good wine.
Overall, I would say this wine passes my tests for an inexpensive, bulk wine. It tastes good, a glass of this actually tastes like wine rather than fruit juice with alcohol mixed in. It doesn’t have any of the more off putting flavors that some cheap wines exhibit (jolly ranchers, chemicals, or sugar). While it does have some fruit flavors, it’s balanced by the predominant flavors of green bell peppers and celery and that makes it taste complex even though it is far from complex. All in all this is a good QPR and a wine that you should pick up and store because it is inexpensive and perfect for large parties or as something inexpensive to sip during the week.
Concha y Toro Wines
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