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Casa Castillo Monastrell 2005

Mourvedre

from Spain

Price: $11.00

(this vintage is sold out)

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User Reviews

The top 3 most liked reviews for this wine.

jktrusty - Evansville, IN (read all my reviews)

rating (9/16/2010):

Knew immediately upon opening that this was going to be special. Superb bouquet - of intense cherries & spring flowers. Very thick & rich in both nose and mouth. Could smell slightly higher alcohol content. Smoke, oak & tobacco followed with a slight peppery zip. Became better throughout the evening. We loved it!

Hilldweller - Berkeley, CA (read all my reviews)

rating (9/10/2010):

We had this Monastrell on a cold and windy night in the Berkeley hills with a robust Ninam Ranch beef stew. The glass before dinner was intriguing; after an hour of decanting, it was superlative - complex, engaging, and altogether yummy with both the stew and the cheese course afterward.

Carbonellous - Miami, FL (read all my reviews)

rating (9/28/2010):

Monestrell is normally used as a blending grape, so I didn't know what to expect. It tends to be high in tannins and very tart. Lucky for us Jumilla is one of the best regions to grow this tasty grape. Ok, I will admit that at first I was not very moved. With 14% alcohol this wine can be pretty hard to balance. On that note, make sure to let it decant for around 10 minutes. This monestrell has a deep purple color to it. A nose of prune, maple and just a touch alcoholic. Once decantered the taste was excellent. Has hints of earth, beef-jerky, charcoal and black raspberry. A strong reminder of Spanish wines. Try a bottle and enjoy!

Pawnster - Skokie, IL (read all my reviews)

rating (9/14/2010):

not buttery or light, heavy tannins. starts with a lot of spice leaves with a quiet warm finish.

Kimball Davis (read all my reviews)

rating (9/12/2010):

I am not into the "tags" as they seem a bit pretentious for me. I don't know, maybe they help others in communicating. This wine was one of the best reds I have had in a long, long time. That it is so reasonably priced doesn't factor into my evaluation but it sure factors in to my decision to have ordered a case of it after I received a bottle as a gift.

Bathus--Amateur Wine Philosopher (read all my reviews)

rating (11/27/2012):

Shoblock - Ledgewood, NJ (read all my reviews)

rating (6/8/2011):

very nice for $10. 3 1/2 stars

art st john - Pleasant Hill, CA (read all my reviews)

rating (9/29/2010):

A definitive representation of soil in Spain. The grape varietal most will not be familiar with, but the flavor from the soil is immediately recognizeable. I feel this is a superior value while others may turn up their nose. Got to try this one for sure.. Ten bucks well spent!

JCC - San Marino, CA (read all my reviews)

rating (9/28/2010):

This is a dark colored wine with a lot of tannin that is complex and attractive to my taste.

Wine enthusiast (read all my reviews)

rating (9/27/2010):

Aftertaste of Castor Oil. Tried on 2 separate days and still tastes weird.

Lush in Texas - Katy, TX (read all my reviews)

rating (9/27/2010):

I bought the 2005 vintage in Dec. of 08, uncorked it tonight and found it to be quite nice. Very easy on the palate, a very nice bottle of inexpensive wine. I thought it a great value. Maybe it was the vintage or that I kept it a couple of years, have no idea but I have NO issues with this wine and wish I could buy some more. Really not sure if it is my last bottle, I have perhaps one left, hope so.

quepasa (read all my reviews)

rating (9/27/2010):

liked it not loved it

Sho Morimoto - Washington, DC (read all my reviews)

rating (9/26/2010):

A drinkable, dry Spanish red that probably held better if tasted in earlier years. For the price, though, it's still not too bad a purchase.

wineczar - Washington, DC (read all my reviews)

rating (9/25/2010):

I ordered a bottle of this in mid-March and it had a really bad flavor. It wasn't wine at all. It tasted like bad port. It was very thick and cloudy and a huge amount of sediment at the bottom of the bottle. A previous reviewer thought he had a bad bottle and that it tasted like castor oil. I think wine.com got a bad case of this wine.

David Smith (read all my reviews)

rating (9/21/2010):

John Daley (read all my reviews)

rating (9/20/2010):

Excellent And only 8 dollars

A Customer - burlington, VT

Amazing body for the price, mahagony color, port wine nose, unreal value, and unreal smoothness for such high alcohol content, drinks better than $30 bottles