This tasty 5 year old Tempranillo from Vega Sicilia & Rothschild, is still young and needs a few years in the bottle to mature properly.
Showing red and black fruits with earth, wood, spices, peppercorn, chocolates, tobacco, graphite and dark coffee.
Complex and interesting. Rich and fruit forward. A modern take on Rioja.
Better than their Classico version, and will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years.
100% Tempranillo grapes from 40 year old vines.
14% alcohol by volume.
91 points.
$120. — 13 days ago
SP Dinner
PV — 3 months ago
Great, but the 2018 better - a little more horsepower. — a month ago
In the zone. — 4 months ago
Deep, dark and contemplative. Fresh and lively nose, but the fruit is quite restrained and serious. Black cherry, prune, vanilla bean and black pepper with dusty, astringent tannins. Long dry finish of hay, dried herbs and some of that bitterness. Drinking it on the cooler side. Feels right to sip this while listening to Sketches of Spain. — a month ago
Among the best that Ribero del Duero offers. Benefits from a generous decant for a wonderful waft in the glass — a month ago
Lots of tannins — 2 months ago
Alvaro Bustillos
Reunion comida luis corral en san juanito — 4 days ago