11This is something you probably want to know about.
During a brief I’m-moving-to-Orlando period, I explored Winter Park. Coasting down 17-92, I drove off the road (into a parking lot) in excitement when I spotted a farmer’s market selling 2-for-$10 bottles of wine. After browsing the racks for a creepily long period of time, picking up and setting down bottles two and three times, I walked out with this bottle of 100% Tempranillo and an avocado. The avocado is irrelevant, but it was expensive. Just trying to get my money’s worth here.
Since this wine blending seminar attended by Amy Tammymanga and myself, I’ve been consumed with finding bottles that list the percentages of each wine variety comprising their particular blend. One hundred percent of this Vacceos wine was Tempranillo, which I was thrilled about.
The color is a beautiful blush. I was reminded of a sunset - that area just above the sun as it disappears beyond the horizon. A breathtaking orange-ish red.
The aroma seemed to me to be the skin of strawberries, sometimes cherries. (Let me just say for a second - I think I’m acquiring some identification skills in the crushed grapes department. My nose told me strawberries, and my wine bible agreed!)
The appearance totally misled me on the vintage’s taste. Although it is a blush, it is not cloying sweet. Instead it was simple and refreshing, with the lightness of a white on the tongue, and the deepness of a red at the finish.
