Castillo de Monseran, Carinena (Spain) Garnacha 2005

($6, Appellation Imports): I haven’t had a $6 wine I could recommend this enthusiastically in years. Yes, the label is confusing because Cariñena, the geographical applellation of the wine, is also the name of a grape, though not the grape from which this wine is made. It is made from Garnacha (Grenache, in France), but who cares what the grape is when you have a pleasant, bright, spicy everyday wine. It has real character and, at $6 a bottle, it should leap off store shelves. 87 Michael Apstein Oct 3, 2006