WTN: 2005 Ercavio Tempranillo Roble

Purplish wine. It has a grapey nose, which follows through on the palate with some tobacco, cocoa and dusty notes. Tannins seem a tad young. It ends with a good finish. At $7.99 at the local Costco, I might keep a few in the cellar.

Shaji, last year we had an Open Mike: Tempranillo here on this forum so I looked this up for you. Looks like we are on the same page eh. This is a great wine, I have 2 left.

WTN: `04 Ercavio Tempranillo Roble Mas Que Vinos.

Synthetic cork, 13.5% alc, some gonk around the cork/neck! Opened one hour, not decanted. Cost was $22 Cdn.

Colour. Big black inky wine, centre almost opaque w. medium purple tinges on the rim.

Nose. Cherry, blackberry, some oak hints blow off fast. Certainly not an aromatic nose (re previous discussion). Earth and plum after 3 hours.

Palate. Initial mouthfeel entry is soft tannins, ripe black fruits, excellent balance blends in with acidity here. The finish is spice, puckery almost savoury. There is a whole bunch of fruit here and the mid-palate really builds up to a tart and black cherry finish.
After a couple of hours, some jammy plum and coffee with raspberry appearing. Thoughts of a "new world style" came from across the table?

***after 24 hrs, more juicy acidity on the finish which has really evolved and softened up. No molasses or caramel Tim!! Will be buying more and hold for a year I think.

Bob,
Indeed this wine had a "New World" aura about it. Did you try it again in a year?
Shaji