Bodegas Valdemar Conde de Valdemar Crianza 2016
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Intense red cherry color. Fine aromas of mature ripe fruit combined with spicy notes, and hints of cocoa and balsamic. Rounded, well-balanced and full-flavored taste. Very expensive and with a long, persistent finish.
Pair with game dishes, roasts, grilled red meat, cold meat and mature cheeses.
Blend : 90% Tempranillo, 10% Mazuelo
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This polished red is firm and focused. Cherry and berry flavors mingle with forest floor, black tea and vanilla notes, while juicy acidity balances the tannins. Harmonious, showing good depth and length. Drink now through 2028.
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Hailed as the star red variety in Spain’s most celebrated wine region, Tempranillo from Rioja, or simply labeled, “Rioja,” produces elegant wines with complex notes of red and black fruit, crushed rock, leather, toast and tobacco, whose best examples are fully capable of decades of improvement in the cellar.
Rioja wines are typically a blend of fruit from its three sub-regions: Rioja Alta, Rioja Alavesa and Rioja Oriental, although specific sub-region (zonas), village (municipios) and vineyard (viñedo singular) wines can now be labeled. Rioja Alta and Alavesa, at the highest elevations, are considered to be the source of the brightest, most elegant fruit, while grapes from the warmer and drier, Rioja Oriental, produce wines with deep color, great body and richness.