2005 Campo Viejo Rioja Reserva Tempranillo

Hello!! Thursday was a day off work for me, and I had picked up some baby back ribs on sale, so... I fixed ribs with a root beer glaze, polenta, and spinach with pine nuts. We picked out this spanish wine. It was quite good, although the ribs were a little sweet. This wine was $9 at Ashes. I saw someone carrying out a couple of cases of this a few weeks ago. He seemed to think it was an amazing deal. Well, it wasn't exactly a "change your life" wine, but it was pleasant and certainly very yummy for the price. The color was a dark garnet. On the nose there was a good bit of oak (this improved some with time). It also had aromas of cherry and plum with a bit of licorice and pepper. The taste was very true to the nose with a bit of leather added in. Overall, very nice. The tannins and acids were fairly soft. A light ot medium bodied wine. A little hollow on the mid-palate? This would be a great wine for a party! I've had more exciting wines, but honestly, for the price, very good.