Bodegas Matarromera Prestigio 2005
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A very intense dark purple with purple tones. Full robe, clean and bright wine.
Wide, powerful, very complex. Ripe and compoted black fruit of blackberry and black mulberries. Excellent balance between the aging aromas such as species of vanilla, black pepper, cloves, liquorice, dark chocolate, leather and cocoa.
Powerful sweet tannins skeleton that gives a great mouth-filling feeling well combined with a touch of acidity. The wine holds the same aromas found in its nose, finding once again an excellent complexity, long, persistent and harmonious finish.
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Deep and dark, with cola, blackberry and mossy aromas. This is full-bodied, tight and tannic, with hardness that will only be tempered by food and/or more time in bottle. Tastes bold, chunky and ripe, with chocolate and licorice along with heat and tannic fire. Drink now through 2017.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Matarromera's Prestigio cuvee is made only in the better vintages. The 2005 Prestigio is a glass-coating, opaque purple-colored wine that spent 18 months in barrel. Sandalwood, vanilla, leather, cloves, licorice, espresso, and assorted black fruits inform the nose of this powerful, structured, burly offering. Slightly narrow on the palate but with more than enough fruit to eventually fill out its frame, it demands another 4-5 years of cellaring and should see its 20th birthday in full form. Those into immediate gratification should look elsewhere. Rating: 90+
Matarromera is born with clear international successes and keeps on wining most prestigious awards and recognition already enjoyed over its whole business development.
Bodegas Matarromera applies a superb technology for best quality winemaking. It also incorporates a temperature-control and stainless steel vats and equipments. Bodegas Matarromera winemaking capacity reaches 650,000 litres.
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