Tasting- Torre Castillo Alegre  

Name:  Torre Castillo  Alegre

Variety: 100 % Monastrell  
Region: Jumilla
Country: Spain
Year: 2010
Price: $9.95

Winery review:  4 months in new American oak barrels

Bright ruby-red. Dried cherry, pipe tobacco and rose aromas, with a hint of woodsmoke. Sweet and fleshy on the palate, with blackberry and cherry flavors complimented by licorice and a suggestion of dried herbs. The cherry and smoke notes repeat on the finish.

My Review:   This was a very dark red wine.  At a whiff you could smell smokey fruit like raisins.  I was not crazy about the taste of this wine.  At first you get a slight sweetness of dark berries, however that is overpowered by a finishing smoky dry just red wine taste. Good at first but the finishing taste really turned me off to this wine.  

Food: I did not have this wine with food.