Brilliant red. A highly complex, expressive bouquet evokes ripe cherry, black raspberry, pungent flowers and savory herbs, and a smoky mineral accent builds as the wine opens up. Palate-staining dark fruit and violet pastille flavors show excellent clarit...
I assume a similar blend (these labels are nightmares where it comes to distinguishing which wine is which, and what the differences are), the 2016 S?guret Grand Reserve is knockout stuff and ticks all my boxes. A fabulous perfume of blueberries, kirsch, ...
2010 was a great vintage in Rioja in general and seems to be exceptional here, with a 2010 Viña Ardanza Selecci?n Especial (what used to be Reserva Especial) that can challenge any of the recent vintages and hopefully can develop in bottle to reach...