Ercavio 2007 Tempranillo Roble (Spain)

OK this is one of those bottles of wine that spoke to me, "buy me" and I did! This is 100% Temranillo. The color was fantastic, glass-coating opaque rich ruby/purple. This wine delivers an expressive nose of cedar, tobacco and earthy mushroom aromas. It coats the palate with black fruit, licorice and spice notes that end with hints of vanilla. The only dilemma is that we only had one bottle. I plan to buy more! This wine would pair well a nice pasta dinner.

Now a bit about Tempranillo Grapes, they are a variety of black grape widely grown to make full-bodied red wines. Tempranillo is native to Spain and is the main grape used in Rioja (region in Spain) and often referred to as Spain's noble grape. In the last 100 years Tempranillo has been planted in Mexico, New Zealand, South America, USA, South Africa, Australia, Turkey and Canada.


Tempranillo wines can be consumed young, but the most expensive ones are aged for several years in oak barrels. The wines are ruby red in colour, with aromas and flavors of berries, plum, tobacco, vanilla, leather and herb.