Bodegas Altanza Lealtanza Seleccion Especial Reserva, Rioja DOCa, Spain

阿爾坦扎利安丹薩精選特別珍藏干紅葡萄酒

點(diǎn)擊次數(shù)：3663

The 2001 Lealtanza Reserva Seleccion spends 18 months in French oak. Dark purple in color, it offers up splendid smoky, tobacco, leather, raspberry and black cherry aromas and flavors. It has admirable intensity, extra layers of fruit, and superb depth. Give this wine another 3-5 years in the cellar and drink it over the following 15. Importer: F.L. Navarro, Quality Wines of Spain, New York, NY; tel. (212) 842-8181

Dark ruby. Smoky cherry, plum preserve and blackcurrant aromas are suavely enhanced by vanillin oak and baking spices. Broad and deep in dark fruit flavor but surprisingly elegant thanks to fine-grained tannins and fresh acidity. Sweet tobacco and candied licorice build on the long, sappy finish. Pretty tasty now but I'd hold off on opening one of these for at least a few years.