Country of origin: Spain
Wine appellation: Valdepenas
Vintage: 1999
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: deep dark red with garnet meniscus
Bouquet: very nice, combination of sour cherries with nice spiciness and wood tones
Taste: medium body, nice sour cherries with visible acidity, accompanied by nice matured wood tones and spices, nice tannins present in the mouth, longer finish
Recommended food pairing: fuet
Overall score: 85
Price: gift
Stopper: cork
It is interesting to compare this 1999 vintage to 1998 vintage I tasted about two weeks ago here. This vintage is much more fruity than 1998 although I would not expect that much of a difference. It has dominant black sour cherries character both in nose and taste accompanied by nice wood tones. Similar to 1998 , which I consider to be more of finesse wine, they both have longer finish. Being Gran Reserva it was vinified for at least 2 years in American oak barrels.
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