A rich, velvety texture carries ripe fruit flavors of blackberry and cassis in this expressive red, with oaky notes of toast and espresso. Features well-integrated tannins and enough balsamic acidity to stay balanced. A bold, modern style. Drink now through 2022. 2,423 cases made.??–TM??Region: Spain / Rioja Select to Add

The 2011 Inspiracion Valdemar Las Canteras, 70% Tempranillo and the rest Graciano from trellised vines planted in 1992 is toasty with banana-peel aromas and a palate with tannins and acidity to be integrated. It ends quite dry. 14,000

Chocolate and light earthy flavors add bass notes to the black cherry and plum fruit in this solid red. Offers firm tannins and juicy, lively acidity. Drink now through 2018. 2,000 cases made.??–TM??Region: Spain / Rioja Select to Add

The 2010 Inspiracion Valdemar Las Canteras is a single vineyard wine that blends Tempranillo and Graciano to create a quite dark cherry-colored wine with a tight, backward nose that slowly reveals aromas of licorice and black fruit and a very balanced palate, somehow austere, whose harmony makes it very pleasant to drink. Drink 2014-2018. Bodegas Valdemar, which seemed very modern when created in 1985, has a wide portfolio of well-crafted, clean wines showing good typicity and balance as well as an interesting collection of varietals. They now produce two million bottles of very regular, crowd-pleasing wines. Imported by CIV (USA) Coleccion Internacional Del Vino, Sacramento, CA; tel. (800) 669-1972; www.civusa.com