Tasting - Torre Castillo Alegre

Name: Torre Castillo Alegre
Variety: 100% Monastrell
Region: Jumilla
Country: Spain
Year: 2010
Price: $9.95

Critic Review:  "4 months in new American oak barrels. Bright ruby-red. Dried cherry, pipe tobacco and rose aromas, with a hint of woodsmoke. Sweet and fleshy on the palate, with blackberry and cherry flavors complimented by licorice and a suggestion of dried herbs. The cherry and smoke notes repeat on the finish."

My Review:  This wine smelled...very weird.  It was one of the most unusually smelling wines that I have ever smelled.  It reminded me of mushy peas and baby food.  The taste was better and it did not taste like mushy peas.  This wine was very oaky, and thus, tasted like tobacco smoke, which was kind of unappealing to me.  This was a very weird tasting wine and left my tongue dry.

I tasted this wine without food.