After several years of reading Dale's notes on this wine, I finally
located some recently at Sam's in Chicago. Though not the current
release, the '04 still sounded like something to try, even at the
relatively high price of $10.49/bottle. Tonight, with a simple meal of
spaghetti in tomato sauce, we opened a bottle:

2004 Borsao Campo de Borja (65% Garnacha/25% Tempranillo/10% Cabernet
Sauvignon)

nose: cherry, pencil lead, a hint of oak
palate: fruity entry, good acid, dusty tannins

Initially, there was an noticeable but unobtrusive smell of oak to the
wine, but after 30 minutes it was long gone and new notes of minerals
and meat began to make themselves noticed. A fine spaghetti red, this
probably isn't quite the QPR leader at the price we paid for it than
Dale's usual $6-7, but it was still very nice with our dinner.

Thanks, Dale!
Mark Lipton
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