Tempranillo

Seven Red Table Wine

Price: $19 Maker: Bodegas Osborne, Malpica de Tajo, Spain Varietal: Red Blend Packaging: 3-liter box Alcohol: 13.5% Our Rating: 8.6 out of 10

Seven Red Table Wine is one of the newer boxes available in mass distribution. It’s from Spain, it’s in a cool octagonal bag-in-box package, and it’s surprisingly good. [...]

Campobarro Tempranillo

Price: $21 Maker: San Marcos Winery, Almendralejo, Extremadura, Spain Varietal: Tempranillo Packaging: 3-liter box Alcohol: 13.5% Our Rating: 8.3 out of 10

Slowly but surely, more interesting boxed wines are appearing on store shelves. A good example is Campobarro Tempranillo (non-vintage) from Spain. This is the first Spanish Tempranillo I’ve seen in a box. Like [...]

Tempra Tantrum 2008 Tempranillo/Cabernet

Price: $9 Maker: Osborne Seleccion SA, Toledo, Spain Varietal: Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon Blend Packaging: 750 ml bottle, screw cap Alcohol: 13.5% Our Rating: 8.5 out of 10

In an age when wine names are often cute or funny, Tempra Tantrum 2008 Tempranillo/Cabernet scores big on the cuteness scale. The wine itself isn’t bad either. This [...]

Fuente del Ritmo Tempranillo 2004

Price: $9 Maker: Bodegas Centro Espanolas, SA, Tomelloso, Spain Varietal: Tempranillo Packaging: 750 ml bottle, natural cork Alcohol: 13% Our Rating: 8 out of 10

Fuente del Ritmo Tempranillo 2004 has a fairly dark garnet color and an aroma of cherries, vanilla, and chalk. The flavor is fruity, with black cherry and currant notes, leading [...]

Funky Llama Tempranillo 2004

Price: $9 Maker: Funky Llama Variety: Tempranillo Packaging: Bottle, artificial cork Our Rating: 8.5 out of 10

Tempranillo tends to be a lighter wine than many other reds, but Funky Llama Tempranillo 2004 is no wimpy wine. It has a prominent raspberry jam nose. On the palate, it’s juicy but well balanced, with red berries [...]

Manyana Tempranillo 2005

Price: $7 Maker: Bodegas San Valero Soc. Coop, Cariñena, Spain Varietal: Tempranillo Packaging: 750 ml bottle, natural cork Alcohol: 12.5% Our Rating: 7.5 out of 10

Manyana Tempranillo 2005 is a surprisingly light shade of red in the glass, and has a mild fruit nose with berries and licorice. The wine is light-bodied, starting with [...]

Santana Tempranillo 2004

Price: $9 Maker: Bodegas Victorianas, Spain Varietal: Tempranillo Packaging: 750 ml bottle, natural cork Alcohol: 13% Our Rating: 8.5 out of 10

We tried Santana Tempranillo 2004 as part of Wine Blogging Wednesday #35. For WBW #35, Passionate Spain, our assignment was to try a wine from Spain, preferably under $10.

We found Santana [...]

WBW #35 – Passionate Spain

We were happy to see Michelle from My Wine Education’s straightforward selection for Wine Blogging Wednesday #35 – “Passionate Spain.” In addition to leaving the field wide open – a wine from Spain – Michelle encouraged us to select a bottle that cost under $10 – definitely in our preferred “affordable” category here at Box [...]

Infinitus Tempranillo 2005

Price: $9 Maker: CIV USA (Importer) Varietal: Tempranillo Packaging: 750 ml bottle, natural cork Alcohol: 14% Our Rating: 8.5 out of 10

Infinitus Tempranillo 2005 is a tasty Spanish red wine that offers a great value for under $10. Its aroma is spicy berries with a subtle leather note. The flavor starts off with lots [...]

Red Guitar Navarra 2005

Price: $8 Maker: Bodegas ADA, S.L., Navarra, Spain Varietal: Tempranillo and Garnacha Blend Packaging: 750 ml bottle, natural cork Alcohol: 14% Our Rating: 8.5 out of 10

Red Guitar Navarra 2005 was an interesting find on our local shop shelf – it’s an uncommon mix of 55% Tempranillo and 45%Garnacha. Its aroma is a mix [...]

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