Synopsis, Our Opinion: A disappointing Spanish red that was a pour down the sink wine for us…I have to believe we just got a bad bottle or it had been cooked in the California sunshine, but we’re not rushing to the store to try it again!!!
Producer/Winery: Luis Rodrigues; Arnoia, Spain.
Grape Variety: Blend – 40% Brancellao, and roughly equal parts Caiño Redondo, Caiño Longo, and Ferrol.
Geographic Appellation: Ribeiro, Spain.
Vintage: 2014
Price: $31.50 (with a 10% mixed case discount)
Purchased From: LA Domaine; Los Angles, California.
Paired With: Bison meat balls, pasta with caramelized onion sauce and roasted brussels sprouts.
Tasting:
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Opened one hour before drinking. Opaque, reddish/brown and purple color with the same color rim. Whiffs of Faint spicy fruit aroma. Quite acidic, HARSH, light body and a 40-grit texture. Sour plum and cherry flavors. Over abundant acidity and flabby tannins that carried through a medium-long finish. This was very disappointing… light aroma, SOUR taste and a finish that left you with a mouth full of tar. A disappointing Spanish red that was a pour down the sink wine for us…I have to believe we just got a bad bottle or it had been cooked in the California sunshine, but we’re not rushing to the store to try it again!!!
Photo from Jose Pastor Selections.
Alcohol Content: 12%
Closure: Natural cork.
UPC Code: NA
Imported by: Llaurador Wines; Tiburon, California.