Felix Callejo Family Reserve, Ribera del Duero, Spain

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The 2006 Felix Callejo Family Reserve was sourced from 70+-year-old vines and aged for 15 months in new French oak in contact with its lees. Purple/black colored, it presents an outstanding aromatic array of toasty new oak, pencil lead, truffle, blackberry, and plum. Dense, packed, and promising, this classy effort will continue to improve with another 5-7 years of cellaring and should be at its best from 2015 to 2031. Importer: The Artisan Collection, New York, NY; tel. (212) 608-0722

The 2005 Family Reserve was barrel-fermented and aged in new French oak with lees contact. A glass-staining opaque purple, it sports a bouquet of pain grille, pencil lead, cinnamon, violets, and blackberry. Layered on the palate, it has tons of succulent black fruit, licorice, and ripe tannin. This lengthy wine will unfold in the bottle for another 5-7 years and have a drinking window extending from 2015 to 2025. Callejo family owns 60 hectares of Tempranillo vines ranging in age from 25 to 70 years. All of the wines are produced from estate fruit and fermented with native yeasts. Importer: The Artisan Collection, New York, NY; tel. (212) 608-0722

The opaque purple-colored 2004 Felix Callejo Family Reserve has a remarkable, nearly exotic, bouquet of wood smoke, toast, tar, leather, violets, wild blueberry, and blackberry liqueur. This leads to a full-bodied, opulent, wine with just beginning complexity, gobs of ripe fruit, silky tannin, and exceptional length. It will improve for at least 5-7 years in the bottle and drink well through 2030. The Callejo family owns 60 hectares of low yielding Tempranillo vines (Tinto Fino as it is known in Ribera del Duero) ranging in age from 25-70 years. All of the following wines are 100% Tempranillo from estate vineyards and were fermented with native yeasts. Importer: F.L. Navarro, Quality Wines of Spain, New York, NY; tel. (212) 842-8181

Last but not least is the magnificent 2003 Felix Callejo Family Reserve. It is 100% Tempranillo aged 15 months in French oak in contact with the lees. In appearance it is a thick opaque purple and the fermentation with native yeasts has given it a kinky, wild blueberry and blackberry nose along with creme de cassis reminiscent of Napa’s Colgin Cabernet. There is beautiful fruit, impressive purity and lots of complexity in this intellectually as well as hedonistically-styled effort. Give it 4-6 years of cellaring and drink if for another 20+. Importer: F.L. Navarro, Quality Wines of Spain, New York, NY; tel. (212) 843-8181