Name: Montebuena
Variety: 100% Tempranillo
Region: Rioja
Country: Spain
Year: 2010
Price: $8.95
Shop Critic: Ripe cherry and black currant 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: The nose on this wine was smooooooth as silk and smelled just like cherry licorice! It was slightly perfumey as well. The taste was reminiscent of the nose. A lot of cherry candy flavor with some underlying oak or bark. It was intriguingly supple with some chocolate notes in the finish. Overall a very interesting wine!
I drank this wine on its own with no food pairings.
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