Full ruby. Ripe red fruits, smoke and a hint of barnyard on the nose. Nice medium body, good fruity taste, balanced and overall quite tight on the palate. A good buy.
Monastrell is what the Spaniards call the Mourvèdre grape. Deep purple in colour with a spicy black-cherry-and-pipe-tobacco nose; full-bodied, richly extracted, perfumed blackberry flavour, mouth-filling with a firm tannic finish. Great value.
Made from Tinto Fino, aka Tempranillo. Colour is deep plum, tilting to garnet. Subdued nose of seared meat and figs. Full-bodied and powerful, with tannins still proclaiming the 12-month stay in French and American oak barrels. In the mouth one finds black cherries and stewed fruit. Needs another year or two.
Reveals fine winemaking with complex, elegantly spiced, developed red-fruit bouquet and a subtle overtone of oak. Fruit is also well-developed in the mouth backed by solid structure, good weight and well-integrated fruit and oak on the finish. Will reward further cellaring.
A blend of Mazuela, Garnacha, Syrah and other varietals, it is a ripe plum colour, so deep it is opaque. Rustic nose of roasted meat, sour cherries and a touch of tar. Full-bodied and beautifully balanced despite the high alcohol; rich flavours of ripe, dark berries shaped by 15 months in French oak. Not an old-fashioned Priorato, but neither is it a newfangled fruit bomb. Needs a couple more years to peak.
Deep garnet with fine particles. The nose shows lots of oak, vanilla, plums and prunes. From a ripe vintage, this has lots of alcohol and port-like flavours, featuring stewed plums, but a bit one-dimensional. The tannins are softening; this will get better with a little more time.
A tasty Tempranillo at a bargain price. Dense purple ruby in colour with a spicy, cedary, vanilla oak nose; medium-bodied with ripe cherry fruit flavours, a floral grace note and a firm tannic finish.