Imagine a pepper-driven Amarone and you’ll have some idea of the profile of this bruiser from Jorge Ordóñez Selections. Sourced from 100 year-old vines, it delivers raisin box and white pepper aromas that translate to a dry, full throttle black cherry and black plum palate with oodles of pepper providing an interesting counterpoint. This is made for stinky cheese – I’m seeing a reduction of this drizzled over a slab of Comte with a glass alongside as a decadent, savory dessert.
Bodegas Breca, Calatayud DO (Aragón, Spain) Garnacha 2016
By Rich Cook