Fine Wine > Still > $20-50 > Tempranillo

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"... Its deep ruby/purple color is followed by a sumptuous nose of blackberries, new saddle leather, licorice, camphor and crushed rocks. With a superb texture and full-bodied mouthfeel, and built like a skyscraper, this multidimensional Ribera del Duero is already drinking fabulously well. It..

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"The entry-level 2009 Pruno is predominantly Tempranillo with dollops of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot aged for 12 months in seasoned French oak. Opaque purple in color, it offers up a brooding bouquet of earthy minerality, Asian spices, incense, and assorted black fruits. Velvety-textured,..

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"Even richer is the 2010 Almirez, which comes from a vineyard planted at an altitude of 2,300 feet. Yields were 18 hectoliters per hectare, and the wine was aged 12 months in mostly French oak (30% new). This fabulous, inky/purple-colored wine exhibits notes of violets, graphite, licorice,..

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"Deep garnet purple color. The nose is a little mute to begin, giving way to restrained aromas of vanilla, violets, dark cherry and black pepper. Though there’s plenty of weight on the palate, an elegant style emerges, finely structured with medium to high acidity and a medium+ level of grainy..

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This is a wine which is ruby red in colour, with a fairly opaque colour and a notable density. It has an intense aroma, where the scents from the ageing are immediately noticeable: vanilla, cigar box, caramel. On further ..

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"Big and dark, with cola, forest floor and other dark, secure aromas. The palate is young and burly, with ripe blackberry, cola and coffee flavors. As you’d expect, it’s a bit more narrow than Matallana’s top wine, but it’s still round, long and not difficult to like. Classic modern RDD; dark and..

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"Youthful violet color. Highly perfumed aromas of blackberry, cherry-cola and vanillin oak are complicated by star anise and potpourri. Enters with powerful dark fruit flavors and gains vivacity in the mid-palate, picking up notes of candied raspberry and spicecake. Densely packed but suave,..

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"A Spanish wine with mineral and licorice with hits of herbs and blueberries. Spice, and beautiful. Full and super balanced with velvety tannins and fresh acidity. Very pretty tension and intensity to this. Gorgeous."

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"The 2008 Numanthia spent 18 months in new French oak. It sports an inviting nose of pain grille, graphite, Asian spices, licorice, lavender, and blackberry. In the glass it reveals its voluptuous proportions, savory flavors, and outstanding volume."

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Paisajes y Vinedos (“Landscapes and Vineyards”) is a collaboration between Miguel Angel de Gregoria of Finca Allende and Quim Villa, a reputed Spanish merchant. Their aim is to seek out top vineyard sites based on vine age and site specifics, then pay top dollar for the fruit, which is aged in new..