Importer: De Maison
Selections
Source: PJs
Consumption Date: 9/9/2012
Notes: Fairly intense aroma
of deep sweet, ripe fruit with notes of warm spices and dried leaves/wood. Full bodied with loads of bright fruit
(blackberry, plum, and, perhaps, black currant) framed with more warm spice and
dried leaves/wood with a faint hint of bitter herbs. Moderate finish of dry wood with some spice
and a faint mineral tang. Moderate
tannins.
This wine is certainly a
different take on Tempranillo than the Rioja Gran Reserva I drank a few days
ago. It is much more fruit forward (in a
brighter/more acidic style) with less overall complexity. This strikes me as being more in the “modern”
style than I really prefer (though not in the “fruit bomb” style of modern
Rioja) and the hint of bitterness, while subtle, is not a characteristic I
typically enjoy in wine. I am also
wondering if this would have been better served a few degrees cooler (than
71°F) and/or a few years younger.
Value: Slightly below
average
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