Sappy and sweet, with a ton of chocolate both on the nose and especially on the palate. This Garnacha is so chocolaty it's like digging into a Hershey bar. Trouble is, there isn't much fruit or acid to offset the creamy, cloying vanilla and fudge flavors. Not flawed or underripe; but too chocolaty and monotone to score better. ——M.S.(2/1/2006)—— 84