Glorioso Reserva 2012
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James Suckling
Aromatic nose shows a ripe-plum character with chocolate undertones. Some asphalt and cacao notes, too. Medium to full body, round tannins and a fruity finish. Some cooked fruit. Pure tempranillo. Drink now.
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Wine & Spirits
Decant this wine and it keeps giving more layers of flavor, yielding sweet red fruit out of its iron-bound mineral tannins, scents of dried herbs and game. The texture becomes smooth and rich, still focused on oak tannins, ready to enjoy with grilled baby lamb. Glorioso is made by Bodegas Palacio.Bronco Wine Company, Ceres, CA
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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.