Variety: 85% Monastrell, 15% Syrah
Region: Yecla
Country: Spain
Year: 2019
Price: $12
Wine Critic Review: "A very rich, juicy wine with the alcohol coming through, but there's plenty of blue fruit and polished, chewy tannins. Flavorful finish. New wood comes through. Yet, I like the opulence and the flavors here." - James Suckling
Wine Folly: pg 133: Monastrell - a deeply bold, smoky red wine that is an essential grape in the Rhone. It is a perfect wine with smoked meats and barbeque.
pg 172: Syrah - a rich, powerful, and sometimes meaty red wine that also originated in the Rhone valley of France. Darker meats and exotic spices being out the fruit notes of Syrah.
My Review: When sniffing the wine, I smelled cherry, licorice, and blackberry. The cherry was definitely very strong in aroma. I tasted cherry and licorice, with a hint of oak. The wine went down very smoothly.
Would I Buy Again?: 100%. My favorite wine I have had so far. It was smooth and all the flavors perfectly complimented each other.
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