Hello everyone and welcome once again to my wine blog. Before I get into our review wine I would like to say that I hope you enjoy all the articles that I write as much as I enjoy writing them. It takes a lot of work to stay on top of Family, working a full time job as well as all the wine and Social Media outlets that I have chosen to participate in but it truly is worth it, as I really do enjoy sharing my thoughts and knowledge about the wine world with you guys.
Today's wine that I am reviewing is the 2016 Tempranillo from Poco a Poco!. This wine is 100% Tempranillo, sells for around $10 and is from the Castilla y León region of Spain, (
the Bodegas Luis Alegre Winery) but does happily does not carry the price tag of a wine from that region or that winery. I received this wine from Wine Insiders (
https://wineinsiders.com/) through a great deal of getting 15 bottles of wine for $65 with free shipping.
Let's first start off discussing the label which I think is rather interesting. Written like a Dictionary definition the label explains that the name of the wine which is Poco a Poco and means Bit By Bit/Little By Little. Very unique and I just thought it was worth commenting on. With that being said let me move now to the Bouquet.
On the nose there are all kinds of things going on here, this is an intense wine. The dark berry fruit is screaming here folks. Blackberry is the first note that I picked up on the nose. Following up the Blackberry is a note of very dark Cocoa and not some simply some light, cheap or sweet artificial note of deep Cocoa. No Sir, I am talking about not just any Cocoa but a quality baking Cocoa that reminds me of a Chocolate factory, very nice and enjoyable. Combining the two notes together provides for a depth in this wine that is truly super remarkable. A really nice note of Prune follows these two up yet remains softer than the previous two notes which is good as it manages to compliment both. The wine has absolutely incredible energy on the nose. If you have ever heard of a "promise" that a wine makes, this wine is making me that "promise" I just hope it can keep it and I am dying to find out so let's get to the Palette so, with that said lets get to it. The wine has impressed me on the nose so far and I am anticipating (or hopeing) that the Palette will do nothing less.
The first thing you will notice is that a note of Prune comes through on the Palette and immediately is enveloped by the same incredible and amazing Cocoa that I picked up on the nose. How does that sound? As is normal for a Spanish Tempranillo, the Black Pepper spice comes out to show itself off......incredibly. This is the note that sold me on the varietal and elevated it to be my favorite just over the Cabernet Sauvignon varietal. An awesomely deep and dark Black Cherry is combined with that level of Cocoa and actually darkens, or intesifies it's flavor to the point of the Cherry losing any potential tartness that it may have thought to carry with it. At this point I am tasting a wine that is elevating itself above some average wine to a wine that far exceeds it's price tag. My goodness folks, that Black pepper is why Spain is the king of this particular varietal. If you are looking for some Tannins to go along with all of this and add some potential aging characteristics, you are in luck because they are indeed present and contribute greatly to add to and compliment the finish of the wine. The Tannins are not harsh nor do they take away from the other notes as in some wines.
Fans of some Acidity in a Red will be happy and expect it because it comes with the Black Pepper which really shines on the mid palette. The Tempranillo varietal isn't known for overwhelming acidity and this wine continues with that pattern. The typical note of leather that you get from a great Cab or in this case Tempranillo is present as well and yes, I am loving it and I know you will as well. There is a rather nice level of tobacco that is in here as well and if you stop for a minute and think about what I am presenting in this review as far as the notes so far I hope you can imagine the awesomeness of the wine. As I stated earlier, all the notes present here mesh together as if they knew each other since the Flowering stage on the vine. All the notes are at equal appreciation levels other than the Cocoa which stands out slightly more and none clash or take away from one another, who would have ever thought that were possible in a wine? Another great aspect about this wine is that you wont have to worry about waiting to enjoy it since it is enjoyable from the beginning and does not require any time to allow it to "open up" or "breath" although it is indeed possible that would improve this wine even further. I kind of also like and am partial to the slight but noticeable Cocoa dominance.
Let's go ahead and wrap up this review as I have a wine magazine to relax with and of course finish the rest of this wine as well. So, what are my final thoughts on the wine. I think by now you probably already know that I loved this wine. The wine held up to all my expectations of a great Spanish Tempranillo. The one drawback that I ran into is that I have not however found a place to buy this wine including the place (Wine Insiders) I just bought it from. They seem to not carry it anymore and I think that is in keeping with their business model of dealing with small Vineyards. I really hope you have better luck and if you do please let me know where you found it available because I want more. Well, it's time folks. Time for my rating of this wine. On The Desert Wine Guy rating scale I give this wine 93 (Excellent Highly recommended, holds to varietal standards) points. I really enjoyed this wine folks and I hope if you do find it that you enjoy it as much as I did.
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