Zarus 1999 Crianza Red Wine

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Hey Folks! I've been mostly on the road over the last few weeks, so I haven't had much of a chance to check in and catch up with the latest. I was in Spain for a while, and now I'm in Buffalo, NY. It sounds like the offline at Glenora was a lot of fun!

At Premier Wines (in Kenmore, NY) today I picked up a bottle of Zarus 1999 Crianza Red Wine, price reduced from $15.00 to $7.50. This is a delicious wine, though the heavy presence of oak might make it more of a Dananne or Drew wine than an IK, Foodie, or Bucko kind of wine. It's deep ruby with aromas of berry and vanilla, and there's lots of intense flavors on the palate: berries, vanilla, cinnamon, black pepper, and caramelized sugar among them. Very delicious with garbure (Basque bean soup), and marvellous as a quaffer on its own. 13% Alcohol. According to the website, this wine is 100% tempranillo.

Anyway, just thought I'd stop in and recommend this one. It's hard to leave Premier without many other bottles as well, so I'll have more to report on in the future, when things settle down.