Wine rating: Cénit 2005
March 4th, 2009
I usually rate wines that retail under 20€ because I think they are more useful for the typical wine buyer, but the other day I tasted a great wine that I really wanted to put out there. The wine Cenit 2005 costs about 35-40€ retail here in Spain, though I’ve seen it for less on US sites at 40$. Cenit is from one of the most recently created wine appellations in Spain, DO Tierra del Vino de Zamora…not the most practical name! But it’s an interesting region located in northwestern Spain right on the border with Portugal… The region is best known for reds made from old-vine Tempranillo, some of them on original rootstock….though there are only a handful of wineries so far, some very interesting wines are being made. The climate is very extreme with big temperature changes between the day and night. The best wines are generally big, full-bodied and intense. If you want to check out this new wine appellation see http://www.tierradelvino.net/home.html. Read on for more details on the wine.





