A very big Tempranillo. From Castillo y Leon. A complex wine, 15.5 Alcohol. Too much. Taste is impressive but it tires after a big glass.
A very big Tempranillo. From Castillo y Leon. A complex wine, 15.5 Alcohol. Too much. Taste is impressive but it tires after a big glass.
Dec 28th, 2017
Tempranillo is a crap shoot. I could get some beautiful earth and soil, or I can get stuck with over-oaked new world thickness. Luckily this is the former. Pepper, spice and everything nice. A medicinal cherry quality in the mid palette I'm not crazy about.
Tempranillo is a crap shoot. I could get some beautiful earth and soil, or I can get stuck with over-oaked new world thickness. Luckily this is the former. Pepper, spice and everything nice. A medicinal cherry quality in the mid palette I'm not crazy about.
1 person found it helpfulJan 25th, 2016
Un Espagnol californien!! Sucre résiduel à l'honneur. Richesse, souplesse et concentration. Meilleur que bien d'autres dans ce style.
Un Espagnol californien!! Sucre résiduel à l'honneur. Richesse, souplesse et concentration. Meilleur que bien d'autres dans ce style.
Jul 15th, 2014
Blackcurrant, plum, cacao.
Full bodied, long length.
Blackcurrant, plum, cacao.
Full bodied, long length.
Apr 16th, 2023
I’m a cab person but it’s good to try other type wines. This Tempranillo is not bad. Euro wines always take a little to get use to but once you get through a glass you can start to taste the region.
I’m a cab person but it’s good to try other type wines. This Tempranillo is not bad. Euro wines always take a little to get use to but once you get through a glass you can start to taste the region.
Jan 29th, 2021
One of my favorite wines. Nose was voluptuous, musty, and mysterious, rustic, earthy, with notes of dark chocolate. I initially described it as ‘crypt-like’. Intoxicating. On the palate there were big notes of dark red fruit, vanilla, and leather, but especially chocolate, and then a long chocolate finish with huge tannins to tame the illusion of sweetness. Impressive on its own, I preferred it without food- it felt almost more like an apertif or a dessert because of the high alcohol & rich oaked character.
One of my favorite wines. Nose was voluptuous, musty, and mysterious, rustic, earthy, with notes of dark chocolate. I initially described it as ‘crypt-like’. Intoxicating. On the palate there were big notes of dark red fruit, vanilla, and leather, but especially chocolate, and then a long chocolate finish with huge tannins to tame the illusion of sweetness. Impressive on its own, I preferred it without food- it felt almost more like an apertif or a dessert because of the high alcohol & rich oaked character.
Dec 23rd, 2019
Castilla y León, Spain
