Tasting - Tres Ojos Garnacha

Name: Tres Ojos Garnacha

Varietal: 50% Garnacha, 50% Tempranillo
Region: Calatayud
Country: Spain
Year: 2011
Price: $6.95 

Shop Review: This wine has a brick red color with a bouquet of red raspberries, spice and white pepper. The palate is incredibly concentrated and rich. The modern styles of Garnacha in Spain are continuously being perceived worldwide as wines of extraordinarily good quality. This wine is fruity, juicy and shows a great depth, ripe tannins, length but yet with wonderful elegance and lightness. Enjoy with sausages, roasted meats, aged cheeses etc.

Personal Review: The Tres Ojos Garnacha had an extremely strong nose that I did not enjoy at all. The first thing that I thought of when I smelled the wine was a rotten clementine. It smelled of rotten citrus and was simply not enjoyable. However, once I got past that scent I realized it had a spice, tobacco quality to it. Again, as soon as I smelled that I knew that I was not going to enjoy it. This wine was so full-bodied and tannin filled that it was a lot to take in at once. I did not enjoy the strong spice finish and will most likely never drink this again. However, other people at the tasting loved this wine so it simply will differ from palate to palate.

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