Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon 85%, Tempranillo 15%
Country of origin: Spain
Wine appellation: Valdepenas
Vintage: 1999
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: dark garnet with brownish meniscus
Bouquet: coffee, spices, sweet wood,canned black current, leather
Taste: medium body, considering its age very good and smooth tannins, which still dry nicely your mouth, canned black currant heavily supported by nice wood tones, hint of spiciness, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: game food
Overall score: 4+8+12+6+7+50=87
Price: EUR 10
Stopper: cork
This was my last bottle from the cellar. After drinking some good quantity of huge fruity Cab yesterday on some party I felt like something more complex and gentle:-). Last time I drank this wine was in November 2009 so I was really surprised how it holds. I really like it mainly due to very nice tannins the wine still has. It is still plesantly woody with tannins supported by fruits, not something for new world wine lovers with huge fruit.
Sounds delicious and from memory, this is a wine available at Alberts.
ReplyDeleteused to be, there are now very different vintages, this one is from Spain:-)It seems like that CS x Temp is not imported here
ReplyDeletethe one they used to have in Alber was this one http://mi-vino.blogspot.cz/2012/11/vina-albali-gran-reserva-2004.html