The Desert Wine Guy - 2012 Campo V Vejo Tempranillo

 

   Good Morning everyone. Today I am going to write a review on a wine I drank a few months ago which is the 2012 Campo V Vejo (http://www.campoviejo.com/) Tempranillo. With the varietal becoming more and more popular in America and being my favorite just above the king of Red, the great Cabernet Sauvignon I most certainly looked forward to tasting this wine. This also happens to be another wine that Mrs. Desert Wine Girl and Miss Desert Wine Girl Jr picked up for me at the local Smiths (Kroger) grocery store here in Las Vegas while out shopping. The wine cost $5.86 a bottle but being that I pride myself in drinking wine of the Middle Class I figured why not. It's not the first inexpensive wine I have tasted and it most certainly won't be the last.  I am sure you all have probably experienced an inexpensive wine that you bought and weren't expecting much from and surprisingly it turn out to be a superb wine. Well folks, that is the case here with this wine. While a lot of Tempranillos are blended with other varietals, this wine is made from 100 % Tempranillo grapes which I love because you are tasting nothing else but Tempranillo. There is No Merlot or other varietal to "cut" anything. While the varietal might be a little spicy for some for me this is the varietal to beat. Our review wine is fermented in Stainless Steel vats at 77 degrees. The wine is than moved to American Oak for 4 months before heading off to be bottled. The Chief Winemaker for the wonderful Campo V Vejo is Elena Adell who happens to be a lover of Tempranillo herself and says "I adore working with Tempranillo. It's such a versatile grape. I love seeing the many different ways it can express it's character in such a diverse range of wines". From what I tasted in this Tempranillo the winery is very lucky to have Elena as their winemaker. O.K, it's time now to get to the heart of this article so you can head to the store and buy a few bottles for yourself.
 

Elena Adell - Winemaker At Campo Viejo

  The pour of this particular wine is a dark Red with some hints of lighter Red thrown in for good measure. The wine ended up sitting a Cranberry in color in my glass, a very delightful Cranberry at that. So what about the bouquet you might ask. Looking back at my notes I see that the very first thing I wrote down is "nice bouquet". That should tell you that I was pretty impressed at the bouquet. I am sitting here writing and I can remember first putting my glass to my nose and being very impressed on the bouquet, I can almost smell it again. There was a dark Cherry and Tobacco aroma along with a hint of Carmel. I was also really impressed with the way the wine was already advertising itself in the glass. On the palette the wine as is natural for the Tempranillo varietal was peppery. Black Peppery notes were most definitely present here and along with hints of Black Cherry and Blackberry produced a wine with very smooth Tannins which I also see from my notes I commented on as "very nice". There was no harshness as sometimes can be in a Tempranillo which is not made correctly. Tobacco notes were also present here and topped off this wine. We are talking here about a medium bodied wine. If you are looking for a light Red that you can drink at the pool in the Spring or Summer you might want to think again. This wine certainly express the power that the Tempranillo varietal is capable of. The wine has the correct degree of that spicy taste that the Tempranillo can also express if made correctly. I Decanted this wine for about 2 hours prior to drinking it and it was worth the wait. The wine also displayed a touch of smokiness to it that completed it. On the finish the wine displayed nice acidity as made this wine an all around winner.

Tempranillo Varietal

  So, where do I rate this wine that cost a mere $5.86? I place this wine just above the 90 point scale at a well deserved 91 points on The Desert Wine Guy Rating Scale. A nicely made, well put together wine at a very nice price. This wine is a steal. Head to your store and pick up a few bottles while you still can.

                                                                                                                  The Desert Wine Guy

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