Thursday, February 24, 2011

Vina Albali Gran Reserva 1998

Variety: Tempranillo
Country of origin: Spain
Wine appellation: Valdepenas
Vintage: 1998
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: deep dark red with brownish meniscus
Bouquet: very nice complex, nicely layered, mainly canned cherries, earthiness, tobacco, coffee, if blind I would guess Bordeaux
Taste: medium body, nice canned fruit dominated by nice matured wood tones and vanilla and spices, coffee, nice tannins present in the mouth, longer finish
Recommended food pairing: jamon serrano
Overall score: 87
Price: gift on web CZK 350
Stopper: cork
Excellent bouquet, so complex with earthy, woody tones accompanied by nice coffee and canned cherries. IN the taste it is not as expressive as in the nose with dominant canned cherries and coffee with wood. and nice round tannins. Definitely pleasant drinking.

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