Sunday, February 20, 2022 - Deep red with orange/garnet fading on rim. Licorice and wood nose, prune and almost a honey note to nose. Powerful, complex palate. Quite a dominant prune and fig. Red fruit such as sour cherry and prune, black current with spicy woody notes.
Decanted for 2hrs and could probably do a bit more (or more time in cellar) to open up further, but very distinctive and high quality wine from Ribera del Duero.
EDIT: this simply wasn't up to the standard of the two bottles I have had since. I wonder whether it was too hot when we decanted/served it (was in Singapore in quite a stuffy room where the AC wasn't great...)