Playing A Red Guitar With Leftovers

Red Guitar Old Vine Tempranillo Garnacha 2006
It was a movie day. One of those days where you sit around the house piddling with stuff and watching a movie… sorta of. I kept driving Mrs. Dan crazy asking her what just happened when she wasn’t piddling and she drove me crazy doing the same thing when she was piddling. We did manage to construct one of those business desks in a box. Office Depot managed to give me a $250 desk instead of the $129 hutch I bought when the stock clerk misread the part number. I real bargain for $129. It was a much nicer desk that the one we bought. But I’m too much of a Boy Scout. I had to stop my piddling and head back to exchange it for what we actually bought.

To celebrate the new desk and Mrs. Dan’s parents coming over for dinner we opened the Red Guitar I bought some time ago.

They all like it. It’s different but that would be the case for folks who almost never have wines outside Napa/Sonoma/Australia. Tempranillo is a distinct grape. Add the Garnache and I find a higher acid that balances the nice fruit. The acidity seems to have settled down a bit as the bottle aired for about 10 minutes. A nice fruit aroma that’s smells sweeter than it tastes. I couldn’t tell you what it smells like because I’m on Day 5 of a cold I got from Mr. Ben. Maybe I could determine that if I buy it again sometime.

We are making Turkey Hmmmm tonight. If you’ve followed my posts Hmmmm is anything that is thrown together with what’s on hand. It doesn’t have a name other than the main ingredient followed by Hmmmm. The Hmmmm is pronounced as if you were asking a question.

This wine most definitely gets influenced by what you eat. Was nice with the Wheat Thins Garden Valley Veggie Toasted Chips. It was good with the Kirby Chip Dip. It’s a secret family recipe from Mrs. Dan’s Mom’s Family. All I can say it has cream cheese, sour cream, onion and horseradish flavors to it. Very yummy but to divulge the recipe, which I have been entrusted, would result in divorce proceedings.

Okay, I just tried the Turkey Hmmmm. It tastes like Tuna Hmmmm. Then I saw that Mrs. Dan had used a box of Tuna Helper with the turkey and a box of frozen broccoli. Tastes good, but tastes like tuna.

Darn. The bottle just ran out. I got a bottle of Cranberry Wine for Christmas (2 bottles actually) from Aunt Carol that’s in the fridge. I’ve been meaning try it with some turkey so I’ll open that. But that’s another review.

So, with four adults I didn’t have a chance to really study its nuances. I would like to have let the Red Guitar sit around awhile to see if letting it breathe would improve it. A good excuse to buy another. Maybe I will have shake this cold by then.
From: Navarra, Spain
Winery: Bogegas Ada
Year: 2006
Cost: Under $10
Stopper: Cork

Score: 3 Corks
Dan’s Rating System:

1 Cork: Put it out on the drink table at a party and claim someone else brought it
2 Corks: It will get you through a meal and that’s about it.
3 Corks: Make up excuses that you need another bottle to further study.

One Response to “Playing A Red Guitar With Leftovers”

1. Vern says:

   January 3, 2010 at 12:21 pm

   Our nieces gave us a bottle of 2006 Tempranillo from Carlo&Julian. Hand written on the rather plain label are, “Drink now” and Open 12 hours in advance”.
   It’s going to take a lot of planning to consume this bottle of wine.