2016 Casa De Las Especias Yecla Petit Verdot-Monastrell

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  6/1/2022 - forceberry wrote: 80 Points

  A blend of Petit Verdot and Monastrell from Yecla. 12,9% alcohol, 0,3 g/l residual sugar, 5,34 g/l acidity, 0,33 g/l VA and 53 mg/l total SO2.
  
  Very deep, vibrant and quite youthful blackish-red color with a pale blood-red rim. The nose feels ripe, somewhat sweetly-fruited and quite dark-toned with aromas of juicy cherries, some wizened blackcurrants, a little bit of pipe tobacco, light toasty notes of oak spice and a hint of espresso. The wine is dry, dense and relatively tough on the palate with a medium-to-moderately full body and somewhat restrained flavors of pronounced sour cherry bitterness and astringent chokeberries, some sweeter notes of wizened blackcurrants, a little bit of raisiny dark fruit, light woody notes of savory oak spice, a hint of over-steeped black tea and a touch of bitter dark chocolate. The structure relies mostly on the quite tough and rather grippy tannins rather than the soft medium acidity. The finish is dry, savory and rather grippy with a long but a bit reticent aftertaste of chokeberries and sour cherries, some savory woody notes, a little bit of sweeter raisiny nuances, light toasty notes of espresso, a hint of cigar and a touch of black tea.
  
  A somewhat restrained, a bit underwhelming and rather clumsy Yecla red with a great tannic structure, but not enough fruit or body to back it up. Normally I love wines with modest levels of alcohol and firm tannic structure, but this feels more like a rustic farmer wine made with fruit lacking in concentration - and that lack of fruit and flavor has been attempted to be replaced with toasty oak notes. At the moment the wine feels unbalanced, and I have a hunch that with this low acidity and lack of intensity, the wine is going to fall apart sooner than the tannins are going to resolve. I remain quite unimpressed.

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  1/24/2018 - Harley1199 wrote:

  Enofusión 2018; 1/22/2018-1/24/2018 (IFEMA - Madrid): The best of the serie of three. The quality grape in the area makes the difference .. Aromas of dusty berries of a side road. In the mouth the power contained with a dense feeling and a good length. Don't meddle with things that don't concern you.
  
  La mejor de la serie de tres. La uva de calidad en la zona marca la diferencia.. Aromas a bayas polvorientas del camino. En boca la potencia contenida con una sensación densa y con una buena longitud. Zapatero a tus zapatos.

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