Marco Real Navarra Homenaje

A real joy and at the perfect maturity level for my palate. Ruby in color with some bricking at the rim- looks just as I’d expect it to at this age. This wine smells like a cherry pie baking in the oven along with some herbal/mentol-y notes. I don’t smell any of the vanilla, coconut, and dill that is common in wines from neighboring Rioja. Apparently, this wine was aged in French as opposed to American oak- maybe that has …