Country of origin: Spain
Wine appellation: Rioja
Vintage: 2007
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Color: dark red
Bouquet: spices, coffee, toast, canned cherry
Taste: medium to full body, canned cherries, black chocolate, coffee, spices, fairly long structure, nicely layered with superb tannins that after swallowing keeps the wine in the mouth for additional 2 minutes
Recommended food pairing: dry salamis
Overall score: 4+8+13+9+8.5=92.5
Price: EUR 19
Excellent Rioja from the modernist winemaker. It needed some time to open, but then it flourished. The structure and the length is incredible.
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