Roquero 1995 Reserva Monastrell (Jumilla)

Country: Spain / Reserva
Variety: Monastrell Levante
Winery: Roquero / Jumilla

This wine’s smooth, even mouthfeel can’t compensate for an odd, cheesy note on the nose and the fact that the dark cherry and bitter chocolate flavors are deeply under wood. Shows some back-end bite, seeming past its best, as if it would have shown better earlier. —M.M.