2006 Vintage Cellars Chalkboard Navarra Tempranillo
What to drink with thick homemade vegetable soup? With the first of the winter winds starting to bite on the New South Wales coast, it was time for the first soup of the season. For some reason soup always causes me grief in choosing a wine to go with it. But I thought something meditteranean, not too fancy, just a nice homely everyday quaffer.
This 2006 Vintage Cellars Chalkboard Navarra Tempranillo did the trick nicely and despite being a no name cheapy (less than $10 a bottle from Vintage Cellars if my memory serves me correctly) this is a pleasant drop. It’s not quite your top shelf Rioja, but it’s got plenty of dark fruit, fine tannins and I don’t believe 5 years or so in the bottle did it any harm at all, but I probably wouldn’t keep it any longer. For a well made, easy going red with 5 years in the bottle, this is a good buy. Check it out.
Vintage Cellars say “This is the newest international star to join the Chalkboard family. It’s a cheeky Tempranillo from Navarra in Spain made by our friends at Tandem. Fresh and full of red berry fruits, with a hint of oregano and fine, savoury tannins. It goes well with just about any food and is sure to become your favourite weeknight red.”
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