Vinos Sin-Ley Traza Gra 2, Rioja DOCa, Spain

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The final wine is from Rioja-Baja. The 2007 GRA2 is 100% Graciano, normally a blending grape occasionally making an appearance in wines from Rioja. Purple-colored, it offers a room-filling nose of spice box, earth notes, black raspberry, and black cherry. This leads to a dense, structured wine with layers of ripe, savory fruit, a lengthy finish, and 2-3 years of aging potential. While this superb effort can be enjoyed now, it will unquestionably be better with several additional years of bottle age. Drink it from 2011 to 2018.The reader is referred to Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate Issue 175, pp72-73, for a more in depth explanation behind the Vinos Sin-Leyconcept. In a nutshell, its purpose is to focus on individual grape varietiesand their expressions in a range of terroirs. To help accomplish this goal,the wines are all unoaked so that the purity of the fruit is front and center.The M Series focuses on Monastrell (known as Mourvedre in France).Importer: Patrick Mata, Ole Imports; www.oleimports.com

The 2007 G7 from Navarra is liqueur-like with aromas and flavors of blueberry, black cherry, and black raspberry. The wine is a bit tight currently and will need some time to unwind. This is an excellent value to drink over the next three years. Vinos Sin-Ley’s G Series is designed to showcase the Garnacha grape as expressed in 6 different D.O.s. The wines are all raised in stainless steel to present the fruit in its purest form.