2016 Bodegas Alejandro Fernández Ribera del Duero Tinto Pesquera Crianza

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 89.6 points

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  11/6/2022 - perwendin Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Drinking very well now. Quite a bit of oak but the fruit stands up to it.

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  12/5/2021 - CWilliam wrote: 90 Points

  Wine needs some time. Dark black in the glass with a slight meniscus. On nose, plum, black cherry, dill and leather. Palate had similar flavor profile ex. leather. Medium+ body, medium acidity/tannins and long finish. Very smooth and not as savory as prior vintages (maybe too young to have that profile). 90+/-

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  3/4/2021 - jeffreylubowski Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Go to spanish wine for a great price. Open and forward with berry and vanilla and some leather. A drinking wine and not a thinking wine, but it does what it claims. Prefer the gran reserva with some age obviously but crianza fills the gap while you wait.

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  2/19/2021 - luca.d wrote:

  Bevuto durante una delle più belle serate tra amici a Manila (Febbraio 2021)

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  2/13/2021 - forceberry wrote: 88 Points

  Aged for 14 months in American oak barrels and another 6 months in bottles. 14% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Quite youthful and slightly translucent, luminous black-ish ruby red color. Big, inky and slightly sweetish nose with aromas of blueberries, some toasty mocha oak, a little bit of strawberry, light plummy tones, a little bit of vanilla and a sweet, herbal nuance of dill. The wine is ripe, full-bodied and extracted on the palate with sweet-toned flavors of chocolatey oak, boysenberries, some vanilla, a little bit of overripe blackcurrant, light notes of blood, a little bit of mocha coffee and an extracted hint of woody bitterness. The overall feel is quite lush and hedonistic, although the moderately high acidity keeps the wine relatively nicely in balance. The ample tannins feel very soft and gentle at first, but they do slowly pile up on the gums, bringing in some welcome sense of firmness. The finish is long, intense and chewy with a little bit of tannic grip and lush flavors of ripe blackcurrant, some coffee chocolate, a little bit of American oak vanilla spice, light extracted notes of woody bitterness, a hint of succulent plummy fruit and a touch of blood.
  
  A voluptuous and hedonistic Ribera del Duero wine with a quite oak-heavy, modernist feel to it. Lush and chewy. It didn't take long to guess Ribera del Duero and immediately somebody else guessed Pesquera, so I guess the wine was pretty typical for the house style. There is some sense of balance here, but the wine is just too darn big and oaky for my taste. Fortunately the wine feels like it is built to age, so hopefully the oak will integrate with the fruit if given enough time. Drink after +10 years.

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