Volatize This! A Quixotic $12 Spanish Red
As promised, here are my thoughts on the Volver ’11 Single Vineyard Tempranillo that I partook of over the weekend.
Good. Honestly and solidly good, and especially good for a $12 bottle of wine. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with this wine and in fact there’s a lot that’s quite right about it. Perfect with any hearty winter dish, it’s dusty and hot (but not too hot) just like the region it’s grown in, La Mancha, Spain- yes that La Mancha of Don Quixote lore. Sipping this dusty, dark berry-filled wine makes you feel like you’re out on the Spanish plains waving your sword at those iconic windmills Quixote-style, or at least it did me.
I tasted the ’11 and really liked it, but I would imagine the ’10 might even be nicer with a bit of age on it to simmer down the wiliness of this Quixotic red.
Here’s What I Got:
Volver Single Vineyard ’10, $12
Cin Cin and Enjoy! Do you have a $12 La Mancha red that channels your inner Quixote? Do tell.
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