Day 31 of MCO.
2017 Telmo Rodriguez Bodega Lanzaga LZ Rioja
Tempranillo, Graciano and Garnacha, all I can really identify is the Tempranillo.
Ripe and concentrated fruit, some sweet spices from the fruit because I don’t get any oak here. In the mouth it is dark cherries, cranberries and little else. Everything is super intense. It is balanced, sure, but after all the savoury, elegant Italians over the last few weeks this just seems all too intense. Nothing wrong with it, but it is full on.
We drank it on a Friday night while we caught up with friends online. It was perfect for that. We were on to a second bottle pretty quick. I really should not be complaining…. have I really become such a light weight?
