The 2019 Paco Garcia Seis Rioja is the perfect daily wine. This fresh, fun, stunning wine will make you feel like it’s Friday every day!
Aromas of strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and violets are followed by a pleasant, fresh, fine, and round palate. This is the perfect wine to drink by itself or pair it with some typical Spanish tapas and pintxos.
2019 is looking to be a very promising vintage in Rioja. James Suckling described it as “very balanced, a very good vintage”.
Bodegas Paco García is the perfect combination of modernity and tradition. This family-owned winery started with the dream of Paco García and Julia Pablo back in 2001, when they founded a small and boutique winery in Murillo de Río Leza, in the amazing Rioja. The logo of the winery is the hand of Francisco García, and it has a very important meaning - it represents his “love and support for the land, traditions, and people.”
Juan, Paco’s son, had the great fortune to live and grow up among wines and vines; for more than 6 years, he and his partner have been managing this impressive winery. They both seek to develop a strong culture of wine around the world, so they have focused on producing friendly wines of the highest quality. Their wines will make the most expert palate fall in love (including critics like James Suckling), but also new and fresh palates.
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AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
43 states can be shipped to with this offer. What is the most for a casemates alcohol offer? What was the fewest? Which states have never been eligible for alcohol shipments? Just randomly curious.
Reporting for duty on Bodegas Paco Garcia seis Rioja.
I wasn’t quite sure about this wine on PnP, but after a little air on day one and continuing into day 2 was enjoyable as an inexpensive young generico Tempranillo table wine. Bottled after 6 months in 225 liter barrels.
The mildewy funk blew off after an hour revealing little fruit, notable alcohol and leather. Days 2 and 3 were similar. Clear, ruby to the edge.
The palate was medium body, bright, acidic, sour cherry initially, after a moment the mouthfeel developed coating chalky tannins and ultimately a moderate peppery finish with a hint of dill. I believe the tannins are from the fruit, as they were astringent and no vanilla or oaky notes noted.
The wine would be best with food and conversation, the perfect pairing is a late evening table of tapas and Spaniards In an outdoor Barcelona cafe.
Thanks to Alice, WD, et al. for the opportunity. Always available.
I know it’s just my “sour grapes” but for international wines from this site I still have a “bad taste” leftover from that Random Mystery Case last year. The “random”part was whether any one bottle was marginally drinkable or undrinkable, So unless a new International deal here has excellent backup info and rattage, I think I’m staying away from these recent ones.
@pmarin Sadly accurate assessment that I very much agree with, as I imagine do many others in this group. Unfortunately, I will probably pass even a good looking international deal with good rattage. Can’t get that Random taste out of my mouth.
@pmarin OMG I blocked that out of my memory. What a waste of money. Thank you for reminding me of that. I’m not taking chances at this point. Let someone else be the sucker.
@pmarin I agree on the drink-ability of that case (almost all went down the drain), but that was the one exception in more than a dozen years of buying these bottles (well, there was that god-awful silver-labelled Merlot back in ~'13, but I should have known with the sub-$8 per bottle price). I will always believe there were some warehouse/packer shenanigans at play when the random cases were being packed.
They made it right when I contacted them, and it was one bad case in probably 100+ purchases. I won’t forget that case anytime soon, but I’ve more than forgiven them for that single transaction. The relatively recent international Riojas and Malbecs I purchased here have been solid.
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: Tax & Shipping not included in savings calculations)
2019 Bodegas Paco Garcia Seis Rioja - $45 = 23.07%
So what did the Suckling say? “I’m 100 points on that!”… nope sorry, that’s every other wine he reviews. As noted above, this received 91 points from the scarfed one.
“Lots of ripe fruit with dried-strawberry and chocolate undertones. It’s medium-to full-bodied with creamy tannins and a long, flavorful finish. Nice softness to it. Tempranillo. Drink or hold.”
@kaolis that is not what was in my bottle. The label has a diagram indicating the qualities of the wine, again, not what was in my bottle.
We’ve all had sweet fruit bombs with little tannins, this would be the polar opposite.
@msten I think costs are going up for a lot of reasons. Demand is rising, restaurants are open for business, labor costs are rising, as are materials costs. And with the 2020 fire issues, supply isn’t quite what it once was with the 2018 glut. Winemakers are raising prices as a result, and trying to recoup some of their losses from the pandemic years. Easy to understand why.
@hscottk@msten Well, it sure is good we already have cellars/basements/hallways/bedrooms stacked with previous wine purchases which we need to sort though anyway. Yeah, definitely NOT the days of the “good wine glut” of early 2000s. Even 2-buck Chuck wasn’t that bad then.
Now, if I only had a 2000 gal tank of gas in my backyard.
Garnet/Ruby Color with a slight shade of purple. Pop and poor interestingly gave me some plumb cherry malbec notes but that receded as it opened. The wine was fresh, fruity, floral, lingering, acidic, light-medium body. My notes read blackberries and that violet candy from like the 1940s, so pretty close to the description.
The back label mentioned meaty, but we all agreed we found it more buttery than meaty. Tasted very young. No wood or tobacco whatsoever until the second day. Note, I did not aerate or decant for any meaningful amount of time before we had with dinner.
Served alongside Korean BBQ pork ribs, they complimented each other better than I was expecting. The wine stood up to a wide variety of flavors. With the ribs we had rice, kimchee, romaine in oyster sauce, chili garlic sauce, sriracha. The wine didn’t compete while also doing its own thing if that makes sense.
We all agreed the wine was an interesting easy drinker. Some liked it better than others. I left a glass for the second day and I have to say it definitely got better over time. A little bit of oak came out and it almost tasted like a different bottle. I’d be interested to try another with some air this time from the get-go. Or another offering of this left in the barrel longer than 6 months.
I found the back label quite interesting. First the diagram showing the wine as nearly 100% of everything but mature. As a data scientist I have to laugh and roll my eyes a bit.
I got an even bigger kick out of the Freudian slip on this line, “The first glass is to quench your thirst, the second for happiness, the third is for pleasure, the fourht is for folly.”
@char2na That is an interesting label – the trait diagram certainly. I wonder how that was determined (no maturity at all, whatever that means? some may have said that about me at some point in my life…)
Actually the only time I’ve seen a diagram like that recently is in some RPG (role-playing games, usually Japanese in style) where you are balancing character traits of strength and wisdom and luck, etc.
@pmarin I know what you’re talking about. I’ve also seen them used in sports statistics to represent team or player strengths. I don’t love these types of charts for comparing one to another since they’re difficult to visualize contextually. It certainly doesn’t help when you just max out nearly every trait. Perhaps the analyst was on his fourht glass…
@char2na@pmarin@rjquillin I saw sooo many of them in presentations by Japanese managers (usually comparing features/strengths of our company’s vs. competitor’s software packages).
@char2na@klezman@Mark_L@pmarin@rjquillin speaking of the label…Spanish not my strength but isn’t the meaning of jugoso primarily juicy? Maybe a bad translation at the printer? Who knows who cares right?..ha!
2019 Bodegas Paco Garcia Seis Rioja, Spain
91 Points, James Suckling
Tasting Notes
Specs
What’s Included
4-bottles:
Case:
Price Comparison
Not for sale online, $336/case MSRP
About The Winery
Available States
AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Mar 28 - Tuesday, Mar 29
2019 Bodegas Paco Garcia Seis Rioja
4 bottles for $64.99 $16.25/bottle + $2/bottle shipping
Case of 12 for $149.99 $12.50/bottle + $1/bottle shipping
43 states can be shipped to with this offer. What is the most for a casemates alcohol offer? What was the fewest? Which states have never been eligible for alcohol shipments? Just randomly curious.
@bdb I am very pleased that, without using a map, I have come up with the missing seven: HI, AK, DE, KY, AL, UT, AR
Unless, of course, I miscounted the number that are being shipped to, and more than seven are missing.
@bdb You missed MS. It’s 50 states plus DC. Pretty sure that is the full list that can receive wine shipments.
@bdb and I just moved to Arkansas…however I’m about 3 miles from Oklahoma, time to make some new friends
Reporting for duty on Bodegas Paco Garcia seis Rioja.
I wasn’t quite sure about this wine on PnP, but after a little air on day one and continuing into day 2 was enjoyable as an inexpensive young generico Tempranillo table wine. Bottled after 6 months in 225 liter barrels.
The mildewy funk blew off after an hour revealing little fruit, notable alcohol and leather. Days 2 and 3 were similar. Clear, ruby to the edge.
The palate was medium body, bright, acidic, sour cherry initially, after a moment the mouthfeel developed coating chalky tannins and ultimately a moderate peppery finish with a hint of dill. I believe the tannins are from the fruit, as they were astringent and no vanilla or oaky notes noted.
The wine would be best with food and conversation, the perfect pairing is a late evening table of tapas and Spaniards In an outdoor Barcelona cafe.
Thanks to Alice, WD, et al. for the opportunity. Always available.
@msten thank you for the rattage
I know it’s just my “sour grapes” but for international wines from this site I still have a “bad taste” leftover from that Random Mystery Case last year. The “random”part was whether any one bottle was marginally drinkable or undrinkable, So unless a new International deal here has excellent backup info and rattage, I think I’m staying away from these recent ones.
@pmarin Sadly accurate assessment that I very much agree with, as I imagine do many others in this group. Unfortunately, I will probably pass even a good looking international deal with good rattage. Can’t get that Random taste out of my mouth.
@pmarin OMG I blocked that out of my memory. What a waste of money. Thank you for reminding me of that. I’m not taking chances at this point. Let someone else be the sucker.
@pmarin I agree on the drink-ability of that case (almost all went down the drain), but that was the one exception in more than a dozen years of buying these bottles (well, there was that god-awful silver-labelled Merlot back in ~'13, but I should have known with the sub-$8 per bottle price). I will always believe there were some warehouse/packer shenanigans at play when the random cases were being packed.
They made it right when I contacted them, and it was one bad case in probably 100+ purchases. I won’t forget that case anytime soon, but I’ve more than forgiven them for that single transaction. The relatively recent international Riojas and Malbecs I purchased here have been solid.
@knotworking @pmarin agree
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: Tax & Shipping not included in savings calculations)
2019 Bodegas Paco Garcia Seis Rioja - $45 = 23.07%
So what did the Suckling say? “I’m 100 points on that!”… nope sorry, that’s every other wine he reviews. As noted above, this received 91 points from the scarfed one.
“Lots of ripe fruit with dried-strawberry and chocolate undertones. It’s medium-to full-bodied with creamy tannins and a long, flavorful finish. Nice softness to it. Tempranillo. Drink or hold.”
fwiw
@kaolis that is not what was in my bottle. The label has a diagram indicating the qualities of the wine, again, not what was in my bottle.
We’ve all had sweet fruit bombs with little tannins, this would be the polar opposite.
The Spanish website has this at <$10. Shipping has become expensive.
@msten I think costs are going up for a lot of reasons. Demand is rising, restaurants are open for business, labor costs are rising, as are materials costs. And with the 2020 fire issues, supply isn’t quite what it once was with the 2018 glut. Winemakers are raising prices as a result, and trying to recoup some of their losses from the pandemic years. Easy to understand why.
@hscottk absolutely.
@hscottk @msten Well, it sure is good we already have cellars/basements/hallways/bedrooms stacked with previous wine purchases which we need to sort though anyway. Yeah, definitely NOT the days of the “good wine glut” of early 2000s. Even 2-buck Chuck wasn’t that bad then.
Now, if I only had a 2000 gal tank of gas in my backyard.
@hscottk @msten @pmarin even a 500gal would be nice!
Garnet/Ruby Color with a slight shade of purple. Pop and poor interestingly gave me some plumb cherry malbec notes but that receded as it opened. The wine was fresh, fruity, floral, lingering, acidic, light-medium body. My notes read blackberries and that violet candy from like the 1940s, so pretty close to the description.
The back label mentioned meaty, but we all agreed we found it more buttery than meaty. Tasted very young. No wood or tobacco whatsoever until the second day. Note, I did not aerate or decant for any meaningful amount of time before we had with dinner.
Served alongside Korean BBQ pork ribs, they complimented each other better than I was expecting. The wine stood up to a wide variety of flavors. With the ribs we had rice, kimchee, romaine in oyster sauce, chili garlic sauce, sriracha. The wine didn’t compete while also doing its own thing if that makes sense.
We all agreed the wine was an interesting easy drinker. Some liked it better than others. I left a glass for the second day and I have to say it definitely got better over time. A little bit of oak came out and it almost tasted like a different bottle. I’d be interested to try another with some air this time from the get-go. Or another offering of this left in the barrel longer than 6 months.
I found the back label quite interesting. First the diagram showing the wine as nearly 100% of everything but mature. As a data scientist I have to laugh and roll my eyes a bit.
I got an even bigger kick out of the Freudian slip on this line, “The first glass is to quench your thirst, the second for happiness, the third is for pleasure, the fourht is for folly.”
@char2na That is an interesting label – the trait diagram certainly. I wonder how that was determined (no maturity at all, whatever that means? some may have said that about me at some point in my life…)
Actually the only time I’ve seen a diagram like that recently is in some RPG (role-playing games, usually Japanese in style) where you are balancing character traits of strength and wisdom and luck, etc.
@char2na Good job on rattage. I must have received a bad bottle.
@msten Yeah I didn’t get any mildewy funk at all. Was super bright on open. Not sweet, but definitely fruity.
@pmarin I know what you’re talking about. I’ve also seen them used in sports statistics to represent team or player strengths. I don’t love these types of charts for comparing one to another since they’re difficult to visualize contextually. It certainly doesn’t help when you just max out nearly every trait. Perhaps the analyst was on his fourht glass…
@char2na @pmarin
Those diagrams seem to be popular with saké as well.
@char2na @pmarin @rjquillin I saw sooo many of them in presentations by Japanese managers (usually comparing features/strengths of our company’s vs. competitor’s software packages).
@char2na @Mark_L @pmarin @rjquillin They’re super useful if they’re accurate.
@char2na @klezman @Mark_L @pmarin @rjquillin speaking of the label…Spanish not my strength but isn’t the meaning of jugoso primarily juicy? Maybe a bad translation at the printer? Who knows who cares right?..ha!
@char2na Thanks for the report. Actually thanks for the dinner idea “Korean BBQ pork ribs”. That sounds like i need to make that soon
I have to confess. I’m infatuated with this wine. One bottle isn’t enough.
@Gmartwine Go on…
@Gmartwine @Xenon Clearly the fourht bottle is the best…