Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Bright purple. Highly perfumed aromas of black raspberry, violet and licorice, with a mineral overtone. Sweet and silky on the palate, with attractive red berry preserve flavors and solid underlying minerality. Finishes long and spicy, with slow-building tannins and strong mineral cut.
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Wine Spectator
This rich red shows concentration, with ripe plum, tobacco, anise and tarry flavors backed by firm tannins. Remains energetic, with lively acidity giving way to a fresh, minerally finish.
Spanish red wine is known for being bold, heady, rustic and age-worthy, Spain is truly a one-of-a-kind wine-producing nation. A great majority of the country is hot, arid and drought-ridden, and since irrigation has only been recently introduced and (controversially) accepted, viticulture has sustained—and flourished—only through a great understanding of Spain’s particular conditions. Large spacing between vines allows each enough resources to survive and as a result, the country has the most acreage under vine compared to any other country, but is usually third in production.
Of the Spanish red wines, the most planted and respected grape variety is Tempranillo, the star of Spain’s Rioja and Ribera del Duero regions. Priorat specializes in bold red blends, Jumilla has gained global recognition for its single varietal Monastrell and Utiel-Requena has garnered recent attention for its reds made of Bobal.