Finca La Mata, Ribera del Duero (Castilla y León, Spain) 2011

Importer Aurelio Cabestrero has assembled a collection of wines from Ribera del Duero that is remarkably good at a wide range of price levels.  This wonderful wine shows impressive richness and depth of flavor along with just the right amount of structural grip from tannin and restrained oak.  Full-bodied but still fresh and very pure in fruit profile, this can work with chicken or pork but would easily hold its own with a grilled steak.