Creme de myrtille, tomato leaf, pipe tobacco, vanilla and spices mix it up on the nose.
Medium-full body, sweet entry, savoury palate, tannins fully subsumed into the wine. Acid and alcohol levels both quite intense in the mouth. Autumnal mulch, licorice and dried cranberry flavours that seems to disapate quickly in the finish.
Interesting, well made wine that just misses the exceptional rating due to the peppery alcohol level (14.5%) being too prominent.
This was my last bottle of 6 purchased in 2005. This vintage has always been better than the 2004 version.
Creme de myrtille, tomato leaf, pipe tobacco, vanilla and spices mix it up on the nose.
Medium-full body, sweet entry, savoury palate, tannins fully subsumed into the wine. Acid and alcohol levels both quite intense in the mouth. Autumnal mulch, licorice and dried cranberry flavours that seems to disapate quickly in the finish.
Interesting, well made wine that just misses the exceptional rating due to the peppery alcohol level (14.5%) being too prominent.
This was my last bottle of 6 purchased in 2005. This vintage has always been better than the 2004 version.
3 people found it helpfulOct 25th, 2015
Took a while to open. A big, spicy wine. Dark fruit, earth, velvet tannin. Very good.
Took a while to open. A big, spicy wine. Dark fruit, earth, velvet tannin. Very good.
Aug 17th, 2014
La Rioja Alta, La Rioja, Spain
