Flavorless from Cigales

La Legua – 2003
Bodegas Emeterio Fernandez
Cigales, Spain
$6.99 (on sale)
Shane’s Notes

I bought this one so long ago that we could not remember the price or the varietal(s). After a few sips, we placed the price in the under $10 range and were unsure about the varietal(s). It had a mildly dense mouth feel but barely any discernible flavor. We have noticed this characteristic in many cheaper wines (and a few expensive ones like Darioush) where the varietal flavor is almost non-existent. We are not sure what causes this (overoaking?), but we know we do not like it.

The only flavor Jen could detect was a mild flavor of black currant. The more we drank this one, the less we liked it. We finally guessed that the varietal was Grenache. The correct answer was 96% Tempranillo and 4% Grenache. Regardless, we do not recommend this one.