Spain/Portugal

85% Tempranillo, 15% Mazuelo
27 months in combination French and American oak and an additional year in concrete before going to bottle. Lovely, restrained fruit with a spicy, wild quality. Softening tannins, still a young wine. Put some away and check ba

La Rioja Alta Gran Reserva 904 Rioja 2004 750ml

85% Tempranillo, 15% Mazuelo
30 months in barrel and alot more in bottle (it's from 1995). Great, old-school Rioja purity and elegance. Savory mulled red fruit, leather, and earth. Focused and linear with good rusticity. All hand-harvested estate fruit an

70% Viura, 30% Grenache Blanc
9 months in barrel
Remarkably delicate with bright floral aromas and orchard fruit. Creamy in the mid-palate with a long, soft, persistently delicate finish. A new world of Rioja. Very good, keeps on giving.