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Legado Muñoz Garnacha 2006
70km’s South West of Madrid lies a beautiful walled city called Toledo. This was once a capital of the Spanish Empire and has been lived in for over 1200 years. I was lucky enough to visit the city a couple of years ago, so when I discovered a wine from the region of Toledo I had to give it a try. My hopes were low as I hadn’t seen a lot of wine from this region before, but I was pleasantly surprised to find the Legado Muñoz not only drinkable, but also enjoyable. The Legado is a Garnacha, so I went in expecting lite, raspberry and spicy flavours. Be warned, this is a grunty Grenache. The white pepper spice is replaced with a liquorice spice and this wine has a very solid backbone. With the weather getting colder this wine is really starting to come into it own. At $14.80 it finds it way to my table regularly as a good hearty wine for everyday drinking. August 2009

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