Judith Henderson’s Wine & Country Living

Going into the New Year celebration, instead of champagne, what about a red wine of superlative taste and a delicious pairing?

For instance; the 2009 Gramercy Cellars, Montoya Temparnillo, a Spanish-style red wine, aged 15 months in American oak. This flamenco dance in a glass bangs in complex black fruits, swooshing the cheeks in swaths of earthen strawberries and cream, scattered in rubbed sage, cayenne pepper and a long truffled tongue. Hosting 97 percent Temparnillo and 3 percent succulent Syara Mourvedre, this wine is best served with grilled clean red meats and red sauced everything.

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