Some attention should be paid to opening a bottle of wine properly. The friendwich.com authoritative guide on opening a bottle of wine applies to non-sparkling wines of all kinds:
This guy has a decent write-up on Abrazo del Toro 2005 Tinto. I had had this wine some time ago, so it was good to see someone else have the same experience I did.
Like him, I found it a pretty good accompaniment with food once it's been open for a little while. It's not a pre-dinner sipper.