The Spanish, Ribera Del Duero produces some bargain wines made largely from the Tempranillo grape locally called "Tinta Fina." This wine is cranberry red on the pour with a shimmering halo rim of beautiful magenta translucency. The bouquet is full of blackberry with a touch of wood in the nose.
In the mouth the wine is intense, on the sweeter side, a tad hot on opening but "cools off" with nice fruity (plum) and bready flavors with gentle, elegant tannins. Give it a half hour of air before serving. It's really quite nice for the price and $14 you can afford to raise a glass.
Post review consult shows the Wine Spectator gives this wine 90 points. Oh yeah!
Gaiter And Brecher of the Wall Street Journal reviewed this wine in the 9-28 Journal--They liked it too!
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