REGION | Spain, Rioja |
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VARIETAL | Tempranillo |
TYPE | Red Wine |
SIZE | 750ml |
ABV | 14.5% |
List price: | $47.99 |
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Sale price: | $33.90 |
You save: | $14.09 (29%) |
Notes | |||
"Medium-high intensity, garnet–red with a cherry rim. The nose stands out for its fresh, spicy character, with hints of sweet cherries, redcurrants, and ripe strawberries assembled with notes of black pepper, sweet liquorice, nutmeg, coffee, mocha, and cinnamon. Intense and well-balanced in the mouth, with a soft freshness, nice structure, and delicately elegant tannins. Silky finish, with a good aftertaste, where sweet red fruit and balsamic notes give it a broad ending." —winemaker |
Critical Acclaim | |||
"A rich nose of raspberry, crushed strawberry, blueberry, coconut, cedar and sweet spice. It’s medium-to full-bodied with fine tannins and fresh acidity. Creamy, balanced and layered with vibrant, spicy character. Long and polished. 80% tempranillo and 20% garnacha. Drink or hold." —James Suckling "Deep magenta. An intensely perfumed bouquet evokes ripe black raspberry, cherry cola, potpourri, tobacco and exotic spices, plus a smoky mineral flourish. Sweet and broad in the mouth, offering lush red and blue fruit, spicecake, mocha and coconut flavors that firm up on the back half. Finishes extremely long and spicy, with resonating florality, gently chewy tannins and lingering oak spice notes." —Vinous |
Attributes | Meat | Cheese | Other |
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Tempranillo | chicken in tomatoes, lamb stew, veal scaloppini, quail or squab | Asiago, Cheddar, Havarti, or Manchego | tomato sauces, Spanish dishes, or tapas |