Telmo Rodriguez, Altos Lanzaga, Rioja

Over on the young side of things and a fair bit grumpy. Score for potential. Behind the veil are beautiful expressions of pure berries but, unfortunately, not much else. Nevertheless, it has a lot of good concentration and intensity, meaning that there's at least some potential in this Tempranillo. For those of you stashed, I'd suggest: "keep" as this is not going to fall off a cliff anytime soon. I wish I had kept this bottle for at least another …