The wine is clear and bright with a medium ruby colour.
The nose is clean and developing, showing medium(+) intensity aromas of dark cherry, dark plum, liquorice, vanilla, coconut and hits of neutral blue flowers.
The wine is dry with a medium acidity. It has medium(+) fine grained tannins and medium(+) well-integrated alcohol. It has a medium(+) body and a velvety texture, and medium(+) intensity flavours. The finish is long.
It is a very good quality wine. It has a lingering finish and a quite decent fruit concentration. The alcohol and the tannins are in balance, supported by the fruit concentration, and it shows some complexity provided by oak ageing, albeit not not enough to consider it outstanding. It is a very well-made wine, very focused with a lot of fruit purity, and soft and balanced in the mouth.
Can drink now, but it has some tannic structure and fruit concentration to be kept for 1-2 years, but I would not expect it to develop much more complexity.
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7/18/2019 - ProfByron wrote: 88 Points
Rich French oaked Rioja. A little too ripe for me, starts to obliterate the regional character.
Drink now before it loses freshness.
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5/9/2018 - Chefofthewoods Likes this wine: 88 Points
Was OK, I thought the mid palate lacked fruit characteristics, finished shorter than expected.
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10/3/2016 - TGRLU Likes this wine: 88 Points
Sehr solider Wein. Guter Essensbegleiter. Wird in den nächsten Jahren noch einen Hauch besser.
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7/30/2015 - Man in Black wrote:
The wine is clear and bright with a medium ruby colour.
The nose is clean and developing, showing medium(+) intensity aromas of dark cherry, dark plum, liquorice, vanilla, coconut and hits of neutral blue flowers.
The wine is dry with a medium acidity. It has medium(+) fine grained tannins and medium(+) well-integrated alcohol. It has a medium(+) body and a velvety texture, and medium(+) intensity flavours. The finish is long.
It is a very good quality wine. It has a lingering finish and a quite decent fruit concentration. The alcohol and the tannins are in balance, supported by the fruit concentration, and it shows some complexity provided by oak ageing, albeit not not enough to consider it outstanding. It is a very well-made wine, very focused with a lot of fruit purity, and soft and balanced in the mouth.
Can drink now, but it has some tannic structure and fruit concentration to be kept for 1-2 years, but I would not expect it to develop much more complexity.
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