Viñas del Cenit Tempranillo Cenit 2003

The Cenit is a deep, dark purple. It has a lot of fruit on the nose, a mix of red cherry, black cherry, and other black fruits, with some vanilla creme, (though that might have been influenced by the chocolate truffle a few minutes earlier), and a bit of wood pencil. It's a bit bitter on the tongue, but has fruit, balanced with tannins, some structure, a bit high in alcohol at first, and a reasonable mouth-watering finish length. As it opens the tannins seemed a little more pronounced. This is a wine I liked more a year ago, it seems simpler now than then. Prices varied from about $45 almost two years ago to a better deal at under $30 when a distributor blew it out. I cellared a few bottles to see what it did, but I think the reason it was blown out was that it was peaking. Drink it now if you're holding it I think.