Creta Ribera del Duero Roble

Dense ruby color, slight menthol on nose, Blackberry and leather, small amount of sediment, great with slow cooked short ribs and root vegetables with Spanish smoked paprika

BevMo. Very good.

Sat, 01/27/18, $2 Tasting + 3 Shared Bottles (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA) : Typically, "Fermentation is done in tank, and the wine ages for 4-5 mos in a combination of FR & AM oak." 14.5% ABV N: Cherries, earth, poss flowers? P: LM body; BRIGHT, almost swtish frt met by an astringent pucker which pretty much extends into the LONG finish with almost a swtness to the tannins. NEEDS through mid-'19 if not into '20, then drinking for …