Wine Review: 2007 Alto Almanzor Este
Posted by Wine Welfare | Filed under $8-$10, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache, Merlot, Monastrell, Red, Spain, Syrah, Tempranillo
A Spanish Table Wine consisting of 45% Monastrell, 25% Tempranillo, and finished off by Syrah, Garnacha, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Color
Deep and inky. Looks delicious and rather heady for a table wine. Very intense.
Nose
The intensity continues on the nose and blasts you with a strange concoction of smells. Heavy, heavy smoke, Maine blueberries, and spiced wood. This is no ordinary table wine.
Taste
The smoke is very present still in the flavor. Aged six months in French and American oak, the wine gives off a bit too much wood. However, the layers are balanced and very very ripe. Blackberry cobbler and rich stewed cherries. The finish is long and clean with the acid lasting all the way. Basically, the wine totally overdoes it.
With Food
Red sauce, lamb, beef, ostrich, the usual suspects. Also, for a table wine, it would work on it’s own as a tasty party wine. This wine goes on forever.
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