Tasting - Tres Ojos Garnacha

Name: Tres Ojos Garnacha
Variety: Garnacha
Country: Spain
Region: Calatayud
Year: 2012
Price: $6.95

Tasting Notes: 88 points – Robert Parker "The 2012 Tres Ojos Garnacha contains 15% Tempranillo (I wonder why), and unoaked cuvée of 200,000 bottles that matures in vat for at least seven months before bottling. What I tasted was a very honest, fresh and fruit-driven red with aromas of cherries, garrigue and thyme with a medium-bodied palate, some weight and tannins that would do better with food. This is a red that sells for a song.”

My review: This red had a powerful nose!  Imagine one of those bean bag things you warm up in the microwave and put on yourself for sports injuries or inflammation.  If that's not doing it for you, then think of gym mats because this wine brought it.  Also with some nice dark cherries.  This was was tannic, but in good balance.

I had this wine without food.