Tasting- Tres Ojos Garnacha

Name: Tres Ojos Garnacha

Variety: 100% Grenache

Region: Calatayud
Country: Spain

Year: 2011
Price: $6.95
 

Winery Review: The 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.

My Review: This wine smelled strongly of dark fruit on the nose. It had notes of plum and blackberries. Despite this fruit flavor, it was an extremely dry wine with a dryness that really punches you in the face. The tannins in the wine definitely made themselves present, and I could see it pairing well with meats. I would probably not drink this wine again.

I tasted this wine on its own without food.