Campo Viejo Rioja a great Spanish wine for only $9.99 Leave a comment
I picked up a few bottles of wines to sample for my under $10 value wine story a few weeks back. Campo Viejo Rioja was one of the bottles that I never got around to tasting.
I’ve had this wine many times over the years, but not the 2019 vintage. Bacchus (the god of wine) was smiling on me after a day of shoveling driveways and photographing others doing the same.
I grilled a chicken breast outside on my Weber. My grill doesn’t get any snow days. I did a little Tex/Mex flair topping it with pico de gallo, black beans and guacamole. All the ingredients were Market District brand items that I picked up on my way home from work.
The wine and the chicken went together like Jack and Jill. It’s the best wine I have had from Campo Viejo —and it’s only $9.99.
I loved the flavors of strawberry preserves with a whisk of cherry tobacco on the finish. I find a lot of wines from Rioja to be a little over-oaked. This one is perfect.
On Day 2 of shoveling and the wine being opened, the wine was great. The shoveling was not as enjoyable. I had a glass with a carryout order of ham and bean soup from Moe’s Restaurant. Moe’s features a different soup or hot carryout entree daily on its Instagram account. Who wants to cook after a day of shoveling?
Don’t forget that retail shops now offer a 10% discount with a six-bottle purchase.
Buy this wine at Mustard Seed Market Montrose, Krieger’s Health Foods Market in Cuyahoga Falls, Cornerstone Market in Munroe Falls, Market District in Cuyahoga Falls and Green, Home Buys in Canton and Fresh Thyme Market in North Canton
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