Tasting - Tres Ojos Garnacha

Name: Tres Ojos Garnacha 
Variety: 50% Garnacha, 50% Tempranillo
Region: Calatayud
Country: Spain
Year: 2011
Price: $6.95

Critic Review:  "This wine has a brick red color with a bouquet of red raspberries, spice and white pepper. The palate is incredibly concentrated and rich. The modern styles of Garnacha in Spain are continuously being perceived worldwide as wines of extraordinarily good quality. This wine is fruity, juicy and shows a great depth, ripe tannins, length but yet with wonderful elegance and lightness. Enjoy with sausages, roasted meats, aged cheeses etc."

My Review:  The smell was very oaky and spicy, and I did not like the smell at all at first.  The second smell wasn't as bad because I could smell more of the oak, but I was still not a fan.  This wine had a lot of tannins and was very dry.  It had a stronger taste than what I usually like.  I could taste raspberries, which I normally enjoy, but overall I did not like this wine...at all.  It was too spicy and dry for my taste, and had little balance.

I tasted this wine without food.