Spicy, Smooth & Earthy
Aromas of dried red fruits, dried herbs & dusty earth.
Flavors of dried red fruits, dried herbs & leather with a dusty mouth feel.
Traditional Spanish Rioja blends are aged in American Oak adding flavors of dill, vanillin, sweet spice & sawdust.
Spanish Reserva wines have longer oak aging & pronounced aromas of American Oak with smoother integrated flavors.
Spanish Gran Reserva wines are only released in the best vintage years, have the longest oak aging. Their flavors even more layered, smoother & complex.
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Often from...
Rioja-Spain (blends labeled Reserva or Gran Reserva)
Navarra-Spain
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Earthy Parker™ style Pinot Noir
Valpolicella Ripasso (Italian)
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