The 2005 Emeritus is a bigger, more structured wine that is still tightly wound. It will require 5-7 years of cellaring to become a bit more civilized and should still be providing pleasure through 2030. Marques de Grinon was the first winery in Spain to be awarded its own DO. The Emeritus bottlings are blends of Cabernet, Syrah, and Petit Verdot.Importer not known. www.pagosmarquesdegrignon.es

The 2004 Emeritus is a complex offering with layered fruit and a plush personality. Give it 3-4 years of cellaring and drink it through 2024. Marques de Grinon was the first winery in Spain to be awarded its own DO. The Emeritus bottlings are blends of Cabernet, Syrah, and Petit Verdot.Importer not known. www.pagosmarquesdegrignon.es

Hiding behind Grinon’s impressive 2004s is this ultrapremium blend of Cabernet, Petit Verdot and Syrah. Emeritus is sweet and ripe with pipe tobacco, cassis, spice cake and chocolate aromas. It’s immense and inviting, with grabby, plump blackberry fruit along with cinnamon, mocha and cola notes. Creamy, rich and almost unctuous. Drink over the next five years. 200 cases made.——M.S.(11/15/2008)—— 92