Variety: 100% Tempranillo
Region: Arlanza
Country: Spain
Year: 2009
Price: $5.95
Tasting Date: February 28, 2013
Location: Vintage Cellar
Food Pairing: None
Winery Review: Fermentation of selected grapes in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature. Aging in American oak casks for 5 months followed by 3 months in the bottle before being released in the market. Inky ruby. Ripe cherry and plum on the nose. Smooth and fleshy, with deep dark fruit flavors complicated by bitter chocolate and anise. A spicy quality adds lift and focus to the weighty fruit.
Offers an appealing mix of power and energy and drinks very well right now.
My Thoughts: This is a wine. The color was a nice deep red. The nose is full of wood and berries, hints of vanilla and spice. My first though when tasting it was that I had licked a tree. The flavor then became cake like, except someone used sawdust for flour. There were also some hints of spice, but not much. This was a very interesting wine, and perhaps one of the first reds I have enjoyed.
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