Sunday, February 24, 2013

21 Feb Tasting - Tres Ojos Rose


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Name: Tres Ojos Rose
Variety: 50% Tempranillo, 50% Garnacha
Region: Calatayud
Country: Spain
Year: 2009
Price: $1.95

Wine Shop Review: This medium rose-colored rosado boasts a spicy red cherry/plum nose with a soft lush attack of red berry fruit flavors and a crisp dry finish. Simple and refreshing and a natural for tapas. 

My Review: $1.95 a bottle.  So far the cheapest wine we've tasted, but still not awful.  I got a strawberry flavor on the nose, and other than that it was just kind of an alcohol flavor that were the most present.  And it was 14.5% alcohol , so that was also something that was pretty noticeable in the taste.  The cherry flavor was also noticeable, but not really powerful.  For 1.95, we ended up buying a case....even though it wasn't necessarily our favorite.  but it's cheaper than 40s, so we decided we would buy some.

Since we had a case of it, we had a chance to try it with some cheddar cheese, some feta cheese, and some Mediterranean blend  of cheese.  It softened the stronger alcohol flavors a bit, but still nothing special.  not bad though...because it was $1.95.

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