Winemaker Notes
100% Tinta de Toro (Tempranillo), the most widely planted red variety in the Toro region, this wine is an intense color with violet hues. It offers clean, fresh and fruity flavors with some hints of wood ageing and varietal notes. The structure in the mouth is well developed with the long persistent finish. An amazing wine for this level of quality and price point.
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
The 2022 PenaMonte Selección is full bodied and alive on the palate. This wine offers aromas and flavors of candied cherries, savory, earthy notes, and fragrant spices. Try this wine with Thai Basil Pork over Jasmine Rice, topped with a crisply fried egg. (Tasted: July 2, 2024, San Francisco, CA)
Notoriously food-friendly, long-lasting and Spain’s most widely planted grape, Tempranillo is the star variety of red wines from Rioja and Ribera del Duero. The Rioja terms Joven, Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva indicate both barrel and bottle time before release. Traditionally blended in Rioja with Garnacha, plus a bit of Mazuelo (Carignan) and Graciano, the Tempranillo in Ribera del Duero typically stands alone. Somm Secret—Tempranillo claims many different names depending on location. In Penedès, it is called Ull de Llebre and in Valdepeñas, goes by Cencibel. Known as Tinta Roriz in Portugal, Tempranillo plays an important role in Port wine.
Spain's remote, high elevation Spanish wine zone between the regions of Bierzo and Ribera del Duero produces intense, full-bodied reds made from Tempranillo, locally called Tinta de Toro. This local variant has adapted to the region’s climatic extremes and recognizing its potential, top producers from Ribera del Duero and Rioja have invested heavily in its vineyards.