Purple to its core, with a quintessential Ribera nose of spice, cherry, and blackberry; vanillin;and a whisper of figgy pudding, nutmeg, and graphite. Uncompromising in its seduction technique, in other words. The palate is more decorous, the vise-like pincer grip of high acidity and wood tannins still in the ascendant, but finely sculptured and not too reliant on damson fleshy plush. Whence quality and a capacity to age; the wine holds itself well, the dark fruit upholstering an elaborate carriage, hints of Manchego herbs and tobacco underlying complexity and potential to age. | 92