Spain
Rioja
$11ish
Poundability: 1.5/5
Value: 2/5
Overall: 2/5
Deep very dark purple color with a nose of crushed cherries, medium+ bodied. 100% Tempranillo.
Spicy flavors mixed with crushed fruit/cherries. Dark lush fruit. Slight oak influence? Tastes "hotter" then 13.5% abv suggests.
Very strong acidity, good food wine. Short finish and not overly complex. Quaffin' status. Definitely has that unpleasant harsh alcoholic finish that most inexpensive wines have.
Not the most pleasant wine, but with a $11 price tag you can't ask for the world. Drinks hot with a strong acidity, typical of the style. Food helped round out some of the harshness but was still noticeable. By no means a bad wine but for $4-8 more you can get a substantially better similar bottle. All in all wouldn't repeat, you can do better for a few more duckets.
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