Variety: Torrontes
Price: $8.95
Region: Rioja
Country: Spain
Year: 2010
Description: "(100% Tempranillo, raised entirely in American oak): Vivid ruby. Ripe cherry and blackcurrant on the nose and in the mouth. Pliant and seamless in texture, with good heft and back-end energy. Finishes smooth and sweet, with fine-grained tannins providing shape and grip. Still on the young side but this wine drinks very well with an hour or so of decanting; it's an excellent value for Rioja."
- Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar (September 2012), 90 pts
A wooden, oaky taste was what first
hit me with this wine. This wine was smooth, dry, peppery, but still very
sweet.
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