Tasting - Finca del Castillo Tempranillo

This was my first experience with a Tempranillo wine, made almost exclusively with Tempranillo grapes.  From the La Mancha region of Spain, this Finca del Castillo 2011 wine was selling for $4.95.  The notes provided offered spicy notes, including cola, raisins, spic flavors and even tomato.  When I first smelled the wine, I felt a very strong and bitter smell, perhaps rising from the peppery notes in the wine, along with a fruity undertone.  The wine was dry, again, like many red wines.  Though I did not pick up on any of the tastes provided in notes, I did feel that there was a nut or oak flavor in the wine.  I did not try this wine with food, though I feel it would go well with a spicy Spanish meal.