9/15/2021 - AdrianBonilla Likes this wine:

Initial: this held up well with a pale ruby color with garnet on the rim and hints of red fruits and obvious american oaking on the nose and red fruits leather and earth with dusty tannins on the palate

Sight: a very pale ruby with garnet on the rim, medium legs, and delicate staining

Nose: cranberries, cherries, and blackcurrant with hints of licorice. American oaking was obvious with the amounts of vanilla and coffee I got on the nose. Hints of leather and minerality.

Palate: this translated very well from the nose being very red fruit centric with vanilla and leather being the defining qualities. Dusty yet smooth tannins made for easy drinking

Overall: blinded this and it was so clearly a cool climate rioja with some age to me based on its particularly defining characteristics (color, oaking, fruit quality, and acidity).