Country: Spain / Selección Reserva
Variety: Tempranillo Blend Northern Spain
Winery: Ramirez de la Piscina / Rioja
A wine with faults and a few positives. On the nose, it’s roasted almost to the point of being overdone. It smells like baked fruit, roasted peanuts and tire tread. Doesn’t sound great, does it? But in the mouth its more true and recognizable; flavors of tomato leaf, dried red fruit, vanilla and dill are known entities, while the finish is long and draped with even more dill weed. Drink now. This is not one to save.