The 2006 Hacienda Pelokaki is 100% Tempranillo from vines with an average age of 50 years. It was aged for 7 months in new French and American oak and bottled unfiltered. Dark ruby-colored, it offers a super-spicy bouquet of cedar, leather, violets, and blackberry. Supple with an elegant personality, this forward, enticing wine can be enjoyed now and over the next 8 years. Why it is more expensive than the superior 2004 Reserva is not obvious. Bodegas y Vinedos Heras Cordon is one of the showcase wineries of Rioja. The winemaker is the talented Alejandra Roxane Schmedes from renowned Rioja producer Bodegas Remirez de Ganuza.Importer: Tom George, Frontier Wine Imports, Dover, NJ; tel. (973) 328-4500