The wine for the evening was a 2006 Gazur Tempranillo Ribera del Duero from the Compania de vinos Telmo Rodriguez. I purchased this bottle from Domaine547 for $14.99, it had a real cork closure, comes from Spain, and clocked in at 13.5% alcohol by volume. I got the recommendation for this wine from Jill, the owner of Domaine547. She has yet to steer me wrong with a bottle, and I was again pleased with this wine.On the nose I found blackberry, raspberry, other red fruits that I couldn't place, spice, and leather. I almost swear I can smell the tannins on the nose of the wine! I also thought the nose had a very juicy aroma. In the mouth, the blackberries were the dominate fruit, big and juicy blackberries, as if I had picked them fresh from the farm. I almost thought I tasted a bit of blueberry after the wine had been in my glass for a while.
The wine had lots of fruit flavors, but also showed enough tannin that I think you could keep it around if you didn't want to drink it right away, thought it is drinking very well now. The flavor profile seemed like a classic Tempranillo. I was impressed with the value of this wine, a very good buy for $14.99.
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don't worry, eventually I'll steer you wrong! well, I hope not...but very nice of you to say. Seems like we have similar palates. This also, to me, seems like a very age-worthy wine which is hard to find at $15.
3/4/08, 2:59 PM
It's always great to learn of another great Tempranillo. I'll have to see if I can find this one. I'm going to a wine tasting tonight where we'll be sampling wines from Portugal. I hope I find a nice one there!
3/4/08, 7:17 PM