The 2007 Crianza is light purple in color with a pretty nose of balsam wood, Asian spices, violets, and assorted black fruits. Medium to full-bodied with plenty of ripe, succulent black fruits, it will blossom for another 1-2 years in the bottle and drink well through 2019. Importer: R V Distributors, Jersey City, NJ

This plump red delivers black cherry, plum, tobacco, mineral and smoke notes, nicely integrated, with light, firm tannins and balanced acidity. Shows drive and focus. Drink now through 2016. 66,600 cases made, 1,000 cases imported.??–TM??Region: Spain / Ribera del Duero Select to Add

Fresh blackberry, sloe, woodsmoke and oak aroma. Good, rich, dark plummy fruit with firm tannins which are under control. Fresh, long and elegant. Needs time.

A simple but nice style of Ribera wine with open plum and berry aromas as well as snappy, juicy, fresh red fruit flavors. It’s a touch biting and zesty at this point, but if you don’t mind a little bite and zap it’s perfectly good. ——M.S.(10/1/2010)—— 86