Tradewinds Specialty Imports -- Spanish Wines

Vital Statistics

• Type of Wine: Red
• Grapes: 100% Tinta del País (Tempranillo)
• Aging and Vinification: Aged 30 months in American oak barrels, and then bottled for 3 years before going to market

Tasting Notes

• Visual: Deep red cherry color with chocolate-colored edgings.
• Nose: Powerful, elegant, complex and very aromatic. In the nose appear black fruit, sweets, toffee, mint, nice toasty oak notes, black liquorice and mineral aromas.
• Taste: Very rich, well-balanced and very well-structured and plenty of sensations. Very persistent and armonic.

Awards

• “Gran Cata (Tasting) Critic`s Choice” (Wine Spectator, 2003)
• PEÑÍN 2009: 87 points

Reviews

• Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: "A monster wine...huge nose of animal fur, grilled steak, damp forest aromas...coffee, black cherry, and sweet earthy flavors... Massive, full-bodied, and extremely ripe..." (91 points)
• Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar: "Sauvage, syrah-like aromas of roasted plum, espresso, chocolate, grilled meat, leather and smoke. Big, lush, smoky and ripe; a wine of wonderful flesh and sweetness." (92 points)