The reasonably-priced 1999 Crianza is a delicious effort offering a deep ruby/purple color, medium body, and excellent sweet herb-tinged black cherry and cassis fruit with hints of toasty oak in the background. The pricing here is not easy to explain, but as the song says ... that's just the way it is. Drink it over the next 5-6 years. Importer: De Maison Selections, Chapel Hill, NC; tel. (919) 933-4245