Vintage Cellar Tasting - Torre Castillo

• Name: Torre Castillo Alegre
• Variety: Monastrell
• Region: Jumilla
• Country: Spain
• Year: 2010
• Price: $9.95
• Shop Review: 100% monastrell.  Four months in new America oak barrels.  Bright rub-red.  Dried cherry, pipe tobacco and rose aromas, with a hint of woodsmoke.  Sweet and flesy on the palate, with blackberry and cherry flavors complimented by licorice and a suggestion of dried herbs.  The cherry and smoke notes repat on the finish
• My Review: It took me awhile to recognize the smell but once I did it was totally dead on, red licorice.  The flavor was very similar to the smell, it tasted like a twizzler but with deeper more complex and profound flavors.  Lightly sweet but not overly so.
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