Medium ruby. Appealing nose of raspberry, black cherry and vanilla. Velvety texture, chewy but slightly grainy tannic backbone. Nothing complex, but a pleasant fruity taste and a somewhat short finish. Drink now.
This is a deep purple/ruby-coloured wine (Syrah and Mourvèdre) with a nose of blackberries and smoked meat. It’s dry, full-bodied with juicy fruit and a savoury finish. It’s great value at the price.
Concentrated raspberry, cherry, currants and lavish spices on the nose of this very different Spanish red. In the mouth look for full-on red fruit, blueberries, raspberry jam and spices with good tannic grip and length.
Clear deep garnet colour. Fairly intense nose of cherry and milk chocolate with some earthy background. Full-bodied, exhibiting good raspberry and cherry fruit with refreshing acidity and palatable tannins. Good value. Drink up.
Old-vine Garnacha is splashed with Syrah and seasoned with Cariñena (Mazuelo) in this ripe and textured wine. Dark plum, wild cherry, black raspberry, dark florals and anise is drawn across the fuller palate, framed with sticky, grippy tannins. Unfiltered, this lingers with herbal and perfumed scrubby rock rose and stoniness (and a bit of heat), and would be a beauty pour with herbal grilled pork.
Super ripe black fruit, leather, smoked plum, fragrant dark blossoms and ample lashings of pepper fill this full, voluminous Garnacha from Campo de Borja DO. This is the top cuvée of Borsão, drawn from 30- to 65-year-old, head-pruned Garnacha from the slopes of the extinct Moncayo volcanic hills. The combination of older French oak barrels (for 10 months) and stainless steel is apparent, with brisk, bright and sweet dark fruit harnessed by a firm but sticky frame. Supple and fleshy on the palate, this expressive red finishes with sweet pipe tobacco, bitter blackberry thorns, perfumed violets and potent vanilla.
The Ribera del Duero often proposes wines in a modern style; this one is more traditional in its approach with dark cherry and vanilla-scented oak notes. Full-bodied, ripe fruity taste with a backbone of firm and slightly rough tannins. The fair acidity provides a good balance in the mid-palate. Already good to drink, it tastes like a very young wine so it will improve 3 to 5 years.