Like a chocolate-covered cherry, this red is sweet and fresh at once, with lively fruit, round tannins and enough acidity to keep it lively. Not for dinner, but a nice match with chocolate desserts. Drink now through 2009. 500 cases imported.??–TM??Region: Spain / Priorat Select to Add

Sassy and forward, with ripe aromas and exotic flavors. This wine registers at 16% but it’s not fortified, so it comes across more like a sweet but dry wine than, say, Port. Expressive and rich, with cherry cough drop, dark chocolate and raisin flavors. At one moment it’s table wine, the next an elixir. And the finish won’t quit. Perfect with cheese. Imported by Jorge Ordonez/Fine Estates from Spain. ——M.S.(10/1/2005)—— 92