This is a new venture of Bodegas Bilbainas, of Rioja, where the
Tempranillo grape shows delightfully. This wine is on the Wine Spectator top 100 list for 2009. This Spanish red has a deep ruby color with a rich nose of dark berry fruit and toasty oak. This is a medium bodied wine with a modern style of abundant fresh fruit and a hefty dose of smokey oak. After 30 minutes of decanting, the wine opened up with rich black cherry, raspberry, chocolate, lead pencil and baking spices. This wine has a zesty personality with crisp acidity and dusty tannins. The mouth feel is quite smooth and dry and the finish is long and satisfying. I suspect this wine will evolve nicely with a few years of cellar aging. I am tucking away a few bottles. We purchased this lovely young Rioja from WineExpress.com for about $14.
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It looks like we enjoy a lot of the same wines. Nice blog - glad I found you!
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