Now we arrive at Spain, another value-rich part of the wine world.
Although the label of the Mas Que Vinos Ercavio Roble states that this is a "Table Wine", this wine is 100% Tempranillo from the Castile-La Mancha region of Central Spain The wine was aged for five months in mixed French and American oak.
This wine is a glass-coating inky-purple color, with solid aromas of cherry liquer, blackberries, plums, smoke, and violets on the nose, accented with white pepper, roast meat, and chalky minerals. The wine is smooth on the attack, and full-bodied but open-knit on the palate with modest acidity and gentle tannins that give it a silky mouthfeel. Liquerish and juicy mixed dark cherry and berry fruits dominate the mid-palate, with echoes of smoked meat, earth, licorice, and mineral. The wine remains large-scaled but soft and accesible through the solid finish which is saturated by chewy dark fruit flavors with a bit of smoky oak coming through.
This wine continues a string of stellar values. While clearly crafted in a modern, "International" style, this is still as quality of an expression of Spanish Tempranillo as you are likely to find for $10. Delightfully rustic, and with a soft, round mothfeel more reminiscent of Merlot or Malbec than Rioja or Priorat. This is a big, broad-shouldered and fruit forward wine to enjoy now. A great match with Spanish hard cheeses like aged Mahon and Manchego.
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