Region: Alto Agrelo Valley, Lujan de Cuyo
Country: Argentina
Year: 2010
Price: $11.99
Food?: Not paired with food.
Winery Review:
Rich ruby-purple colored, Llama boasts elegant flavors of blackberries, ripe plum, and robust spices with good balance and structure enhanced through aging six months in French oak barrels.
My Review:
This deep magenta red will not disappoint on llama-filled goodness. Not only does this red feature a pretty fly silver embossed label, I found it to live up to its "robust spicy" llama-like nature. Even from first sniff, I could detect a rich peppery note along with a subtle dark sweetness, that flooded the senses and the palate upon first tasting. While I would say the peppery/spicy notes were the loudest by far, I also found the wine quite noticeably balanced by very cool and muted notes of dark berries towards the mid-end palate. While there is not much heat from the alcohol, I do notice a tingly/stinging sensation mid-palate that I would attribute to the Argentinian spices. Over-all I would say that this was a little too spicy for my taste, but may pair nicely with chocolate. Perhaps a little nutella is in order?
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