Accompanied: Tasted without accompaniment

Sealed: Natural Cork

Tasted: September 2, 2009

Abv. 14%

Label Description:

Exclusively made from had sorted tempranillo grapes complemented with other varieties from our Monastery’s Estate. Finca Monasterio is a wine with unique personality within Rioja. This wine has been bottled unfiltered, which may result in the appearance of natural sediments in the bottle.

OK .. not really much detail from the winery.

RATING:  Satisfied

Let me first say that I tasted this wine after it had been opened in bottle for two to three days. Color was dark purple almost black in the glass. Nose of some plums, spices, with a bit of alcohol coming through. In the mouth some black cherry component, but overall the fruit has just about abandoned the bottle at this point. Their was a finish but it was much subdued.

Again, likely a not very fair tasting due to air exposure over a two to three day period.

Here is a tasting note from Snooth of the same bottle:

“With a beautiful red cherry colour with high intensity, the wine still shows some slight purplish traces, and results enormously seductive in the nose, offering a massive display of black ripe fruits and traces of roasted coffee and cream that evolve towards more spicy tones. In the mouth, its great presence and volume remind us of its mediterranean soul, with round soft tannins that give way to a long and balanced finish, with plenty of fruit and delicate taste.”