Tasting -El Cortijillo

• Name: El Cortijillo
• Variety: Tempranillo
• Region: La Mancha
• Country: Spain
• Year: 2014
• Price: $9.00 Sale $5.95
• Up front aromas of raspberry and cherry fruit, medium to light weight, Rhône wine in character, cherry fruit flavors, followed by bright acidity.
• A very dry Red wine, but I actually enjoyed it. It had a dark cherry as well as an earthy smell like roots. I purchased it after the tasting to pair with my beef stew.
• I actually purchased this one after the tasting. I wanted to pair a wine with a beef stew I was making and Vintage Cellar suggested this one. I was amazed by how the wine broke down the beef and made is slightly more tender, and by doing this the intense alcohol taste was reduced by a lot.