This Spanish wine, 100% Tempranillo, is from the Castilla y Leon region. The wine was priced at $13 in the Lukas store at 135th and State Line. This wine is a good example of the great values that can be found today in Spanish wines. Dark ruby-purple color. The nose was initially closed but it opened up in the glass to show aromas of leather, coffee beans and figs. Good extract with deep fruit and ripe tannins. Nice long finish. Overall, this is a serious, full-bodied wine that would benefit from several years of bottle age.
A note about the wine label: It claims this wine was made "...mostly from ungrafted pre-phylloxera vines..." I can buy into the ungrafted part, given the fact that there are several regions in Spain where vinifera vines can be grown on their own roots. But I am a little dubious about the pre-phylloxera claim since this would mean the vines are at least 130 years old. Possible of course, but for $13?
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