Origin: Spain
Grape/strong>: Tempranillo/100% Tinto Fino
Alcohol: 14%
Price point: $20.00
Year Reviewed: 2017
So this wine was highly recommended to me from my Food and Wine Magazine edition on Spain. Had to find it and try it to inform readers about it. On the nose, I get mineral, tea, blackberry and a bit of toffee or caramel. The color of this wine is garnet and lovely. This wine is the result of 15-23 year old vines from a winemaker who began in 1938, Emilio Moro, but you would have guessed that was his name….right?
This is not just a Tempranillo it is 100% Tinto Fino Tempranillo. See below:
Tempranillo/Tinto Fino. A high quality red wine grape that is grown all over Spain except in the hot South – it is known as Tinto Fino in Ribera del Duero, Cencibel in La Mancha and Valdepenas and Ull de Llebre in Catalonia.
www.bbr.com/grape-te-tempranillo-tinto-fino
This well-balanced, medium bodied wine is very likeable. 23 days of maceration.
Simply put maceration is the process of soaking crushed grapes, seeds, and stems in a wine must to extract color and aroma compounds as well as tannins.
winemakersacademy.com/maceration-wine/
It would/will make a good party wine as it doesn’t have unusual characteristics or complexities that some of your guest may not like. There is no strong spice flavors or acidic finish. This is truly a smooth, easy going bottle of wine you should consider for a party serving red meat, veal, or pasta dishes. Very nice and goes down quite easy.