Vizcarra Senda del Oro 2018
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Ruby-red. Mineral-tinged raspberry, incense and floral pastille scents pick up a spicy accent with air. Juicy, sweet and seamless in texture, offering concentrated red fruit and spicecake flavors that put on weight as the wine opens up. The spice and floral notes carry through a long, energetic, focused finish shaped by silky, even tannins.
Pair with pork and lamb, especially grilled or roasted, are ideal pairings for this wine, but beef, from steaks and roasts to more casual burgers, also works very well. If you like spices, this wine has the “stuffing” to stand up to Cajun or Midwestern BBQ and pulled pork, and it will go well with Greek gyros, Cuban ropa vieja and dishes with Mediterranean spices.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2018 Senda Del Oro is a fruit-driven young Tempranillo with aromas of licorice and good balance between fruit and oak, with some creamy notes and ripeness without excess. It's clean and modern, easy to like, medium to full-bodied, with integrated acidity. They produce between 100,000 and 120,000 bottles of this, which represents almost half of the total production of the winery. It was bottled in May 2019. Rating: 90+
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Juan Carlos Vizcarra grows this fruit in Mambrilla, at an elevation of 2,785 feet, working with vines his family planted in 1987. The wine’s bright red-cherry flavors are lush and lovely, feeling concentrated and ripe, the tannins lending a vegetal, earthy note to ground them. For brisket.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2018 Vizcarra Senda del Oro offers a smooth and delicious ride on the palate. TASTING NOTES: This wine shines with aromas and flavors of dried leaves, black fruit, and earthy notes. Enjoy this with braised short ribs. (Tasted: October 10, 2021, San Francisco, CA)
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Notoriously food-friendly, long-lasting and Spain’s most widely planted grape, Tempranillo is the star variety of red wines from Rioja and Ribera del Duero. The Rioja terms Joven, Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva indicate both barrel and bottle time before release. Traditionally blended in Rioja with Garnacha, plus a bit of Mazuelo (Carignan) and Graciano, the Tempranillo in Ribera del Duero typically stands alone. Somm Secret—Tempranillo claims many different names depending on location. In Penedès, it is called Ull de Llebre and in Valdepeñas, goes by Cencibel. Known as Tinta Roriz in Portugal, Tempranillo plays an important role in Port wine.
Ribera del Duero, Spanish wine region, is located in northen Spain’s Castilla y León region, just a 2-hour drive from Madrid. While winemaking in this area goes back more than 2000 years, it was in the 1980s that 9 wineries applied for and were granted Denominación de Origen (D.O.) status. Today, more than 300 wineries call Ribera del Duero home, including some of Spain’s most iconic names.
Notable Facts Ribera’s main grape variety, Tempranillo, locally know as Tinto Fino, is perfectly suited to the extreme climate of the region, where it must survive scorching summers and frigid winters. Low yields resulting from conscientious tending to old vines planted in Ribera’s diverse soils types, give Ribera wines a distinctive depth and complexity not found in other Tempranillos. Rich and full-bodied, the spice, dark fruit and smoky flavors in a bold Ribera del Duero will pair well with roasted and grilled meats, Mexican food and tomato-based sauces.