Name: Maipe Torrontes Variety: 100% Tempranillo
Region: Spain
Country: Spain
Year: 2010
Price: $8.95
Winery Review:
"(100% Tempranillo, raised entirely in American oak): Vivid ruby. Ripe cherry and blackcurrant on the nose and in the mouth. Pliant and seamless in texture, with good heft and back-end energy. Finishes smooth and sweet, with fine-grained tannins providing shape and grip. Still on the young side but this wine drinks very well with an hour or so of decanting; it's an excellent value for Rioja."
- Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar (September 2012), 90 pts
My Review: I was completely surprised by how much I liked this red wine. The smell was a combination of dark fruit (mainly currants) with a woody hint lingering in the background. Strong berry and tree fruit flavor flavor but with the charred oak taste added that gives it a hint of an aged whiskey. The texture was smooth and rich with a little bit of pleasant numbing. I sampled this wine without any food.
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