This dark, inky red from Spain’s Ribera del Duero is as dense and rich as it looks. The Vina Viejas (Old Vines) are more than 60 years old, planted in a family owned vineyard in La Horra. Complex layers of blackberry and raspberry aroma are wrapped in toasty oak, lending a prominent spice note to the finished wine. With its muscular structure and elegant balance, this is a wine that will prosper from another eight to ten years in a temperature-controlled cellar.
Tinto Figuero, Ribera del Duero DO (Spain) 2015
By Robert Whitley