A ‘Mano a Mano’ with Tempranillo and Mahon Cheese

You can’t judge a book by its cover says the Willie Dixon song. That’s exactly what I thought when the ‘dog and pony show’ of the Mano a Mano wine label
caught my eye.
Anyway I went ahead an bought it? Since it was only $9.00, the worse thing that could happen would be for it to end up as cooking wine.
This Mano a Mano is a red wine, 100% Tempranillo also known as ‘the noble grape’ from the La Mancha appellation.
It is fruit forward and lightly oaky, unpretentious and will undoubtly be a new favorite in my Under $10.00 wine picks.
I tasted it with crusty bread, black olives aux herbes de Provence and two cheeses: Mahon (cow milk cheese from Menorca island) and Campo de Montalban (a semi firm cheese made of a blend of goat, cow and sheep’s milks) also from the La Mancha-Castilla area to keep it all spanish.
Cheers!