Spanish Garnachas are reliable for full-bodied wines that are loaded with ripe fruit and relatively soft textures, all at a great value. This one is a prime example: it's the namesake wine from Bodegas Morca, part of the Juan Gil family estates that, aside from their famous Juan Gil labels, is responsible for El Nido and Clio, Atalaya, and Honoro Vera. The Morca comes from older Garnacha vines that grow like little bushes in the Campo de Borja, an inland wine hotspot in Northeastern Spain. Although it's aged in flavorful new French oak for just under 2 years, the quality of old-vine fruit is the main star here, concentrated but with not without finesse. Sourced from the lower slopes of the local mountains, there's plenty of sunlight and daytime warmth here to yield wines with a maxed-out 16% abv! But there's also a healthy drop in temperature at night, which explains the balancing freshness and aromatic lift that keeps this wine from collapsing under its large weight. This is no product of industrial winemaking: the Bodegas Morca winery is solar-powered, and the land is in a sustainably healthy state since they don't use herbicides or pesticides, use limited irrigation only in spots that are suffering, and harvest by hand rather than by tractor.
VINOUS 94 POINTS - "Deep, lurid violet. Ripe dark berries, cherry cola, vanilla and pungent flowers on the deeply perfumed nose. Smooth, broad and sweet on entry, then tighter in the midpalate, offering impressively concentrated cherry and blackberry flavors and hints of vanilla, licorice and spicecake. A smoky nuance builds with air and carries through a very long, gently tannic finish that repeats the floral and licorice notes." Vegan friendly.
VINOUS 94 POINTS - "Deep, lurid violet. Ripe dark berries, cherry cola, vanilla and pungent flowers on the deeply perfumed nose. Smooth, broad and sweet on entry, then tighter in the midpalate, offering impressively concentrated cherry and blackberry flavors and hints of vanilla, licorice and spicecake. A smoky nuance builds with air and carries through a very long, gently tannic finish that repeats the floral and licorice notes." Vegan friendly.
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