For $14, at least in Canada, you most likely are shuffling around like my friend The Penniless Pensioner, in the bargain bin. And in the bargain bin you never know what you may discover.
In this case it is a Carro 2021 from DOC Yecla in Spain.
From 30-year-old plus vines this wine is a blend of Monastrell, Syrah and Merlot.
Aroma: Lots of black cherry with some lesser notes of blackberries and blueberries with a dusting of cocoa powder and black coffee.
Palate: Brusque tannins that sucker punch and run off quickly. A bit peppery with a flash in the pan sweetness but no mistake here as this is a dry wine. Much blackberry. Longish finish. Well disguised acidity. Definitely a food wine and very well suited to just about any dish prepared with in season field tomatoes.
Personality: I am a down to business wine and a poster boy of wine that has developed to suit local cuisine.
Food Match: Eggplant parmesan with a sauce made from local field tomatoes and eggplant preferably. I bought a case some local eggplant and Roma tomatoes today and spent the afternoon making the sauce with herbs from my garden. Yes it smells like the best Italian restaurant in town here! Portuguese grilled chicken with Piri Pirri sauce would also be happy to mee the wine! I will be preparing some eggplant in oil and garlic Italian style in two days and wonder if this wine would suit that?
Cellarbility: Don’t go past the ball dropping in Times Square this year.
Price: $14 CDN.
RKS 2024 Wine Rating: 86/100. Wine Align 88. Jamessuckling.com 90.
(Seňorío de Barahonda Carro 2021, DO Yecla, Seňorío de Barahonda, Yecla, Spain,750 mL, 14%).
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