Description: Like the boots of a Conquistador, this has intense flavors of Corinthian leather, forest floor, wild mushrooms, hard wood and spice. The finish delivers an unexpected bourbon chaser. Decant to loosen it up. A cranberry high-note appears on the finish after 40 minutes.
Price: $17
Note: Excellent with a strong bleu cheese and wild black trumpet mushrooms.
Description: This is the kind of wine that needs food to lean on. Gentle tones of wood, spice, plums and berries lead into a pomegranate finish.
Description: Simple and fruity. Smooth and quaffable, this would be a good choice for your next pizza party. Decant 10-15 minutes.
Price: $6
Description: This wine has the typical tempranillo nose of spice, plums and wood. The sweet attack morphs into a vivid, puckery persimmon mouth feel with metallic undertones. Tangy, dry spice finish. The fruit is knocking, but it can't get out. Suitable for cooking and it would probably make a good beef bourgingon. Decanting 40 minutes loosens it up a bit.
Description: The best part of this wine is the vanilla perfume nose. Thin and boring flavors of licorice and dark fruit fail to deliver. After 45 minutes in the decanter, the finish went from sharp to chalky. This is a good wine for cooking mushrooms.
Price: $12
Description: Very oak nose with notes of toast and spice. Mellow and plummy attack. This earthy wine has gusto in the mouth and sticks to the ribs. Flavors of spice, toast, prune, red and black currents are soft and quite dry. Very Spain, very hearty, very drinkable and a very good deal. Smooths out in the decanter.
Description: This classic, Old World Spanish tempranillo has depth and elegance with an earthy perfume of woodland flowers. Soft and luscious in the mouth, it tastes of plum, spice, elderberry, cardamom, black cherry with an elegant pomegranate lift. Great balance from the enticing nose to the bone dry finish. Decanting not required although a little air brings out its elegance. We loved this wine.
Description: From start to finish, this wine is all about dark fruit and spice. Notes of elderberry, plum, cherry, cinnamon, clove, mace and a touch of vanilla are wrapped around a core of elegant tannins. Decanting not required although it blossoms with a bit of air.
Description: The nose is standard Tempranillo; oak, spice, prunes and a hint of pool liner. The attack is youthful. Flavors of black plums, black current and spice are finished with dry and spicy raspberries.
Description: Candied cherry, pool liner, and some florals on the nose. This unobtrusive table wine has tangy elements of berries and spice. Not much going on here, but nice enough.
Description: Cherry, wood, blueberry, raisin, coffee and a hit of spice make up the nose. This Tempranillo is brighter than its Spanish counterparts. The taste is much like the nose only a bit spicier with a savory mouth-feel. The medium length finish has good lift. We liked this one. Decant for at least 30 minutes to get maximum enjoyment from this New World version of an Old World grape.
Description: Aged in French Oak for 6 months. The bouquet is made up of vanilla, dark fruits, smoke, spice and a hint of pool liner that we find so common with the Tempranillo grape. The attack is bright and fruity with flavors of dark fruits and juniper berries. Although this has notes of spice, it's not as spice forward as most wines in the same class. It has nice balance although it lacks a low note to pull everything together. This is a lighter style of wine with polished tannins and a moderate finish. Despite the flaws, the Vizcarra is very easy drinking. This may be a good choice as an introduction to Spanish Tempranillos. Decanting required to soften the acidity.
Description: This purple beauty was aged for 6 months in oak. Lush aromas of blueberry, blackberry, spice and vanilla pamper the nose. Loads of ripe fruit make up the attack and it's soft and juicy in the mouth. Bright and happy flavors of blueberry, dark fruits, spice box, vanilla and a hint of moss dance across the tongue. The finish is incredibly long and oh so dry. This one should evolve in 2-3 years. We see no point in waiting. Just decant it for a few minutes and viola; instant age.
Description: The leather, smoke, herb and plum nose is the most interesting and complex part of this wine. Watery flavors of dark stewed fruits were overshadowed by too many high notes. Despite its new world brightness, the finish fell flat on its face into a pile of crushed grape seeds. Easy drinking but totally unimpressive. Decant 10 minutes to soften the sharp edges. 
Description: This is an odd little wine. It's really good with spicy hot food but quite boring on its own. Hot peppers really bring some elements in this wine such as sweet perfume florals, strawberry, spices, vanilla, raisins and sour cherry. Upon opening it's a bit tight and needs a little air. 
Description: The nose has aromas of black plums, oak, grilled nuts and smoke. The juicy attack is immediately followed by flavors of plum, cherry, spicebox, sundrided tomato. Damp earth and a hint of raisin gives this a really nice low note. It finishes warm and dry.
Description: This one has a very bold nose of blackberry, vanilla, mint with road tar undertones. Straight out of the bottle the attack is hot with a clingy mouth-feel. Flavors of plum, leather and spice are overwhelmed by a strong finish of crushed grape seeds. Although drinkable, it wasn't one of our favorites.
Description: This wine has a deep and rich aroma of smoky wood, nuts, dried fruit with a touch of pool liner. Flavors of chocolate, coffee, dried fruits & nuts with an earthy undertone give this wine serious depth. As it breathes, notes of cherry and pomegranate appear. A juicy mouth-feel lightens the heavier flavors, giving it great balance. The long finish is bone dry with a slightly woody edge. Decanting not required although some light airing adds to the complexity.
