Name: Montebuena
Variety: Tempranillo
Region: Rioja
Country: Spain
Year: 2010
Price: $8.95
Shop/wine
critic/Winery Review: 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.
My Review: Another
one of my favorite wine grapes in the world!
With that being said, I think you can know that my review might be a wee
bit bias. But either way, the smell of
this wine definitely threw cherries at you.
It wasn’t the dark, black cherries but almost a nice hint of
cherry. The taste of this wine is where
it was at. It was very smooth to drink
and there was not a bite to it! It was
medium body with some complexity to it.
I could feel the heat of the 14% alcohol but it grew on me as I tasted
it. I bought this bottle (as usual) and I
can’t wait to enjoy it either by itself or with a nice chicken and pasta dish!
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