Friday, April 8, 2016

Wine Tasting: 2010 Baron de Ley Rioja Reserva

Today, it's a Tempranillo tap dance!  2010 Baron de Ley Reserva is a beautiful Rioja from Spain.  It's aged 20 months in America oak casks and then a further 24 months in the bottle before it's released.

Tasting Notes:
Full bodied and dark ruby in color and a fleshy texture and long finish.  Tobacco and plum rind on the nose with a remarkable rich red fruit, tar and volcanic rock flavors. A very nice minerality of sorts.

Final thoughts:  This Rioja is quite delicious and well balanced, though I believe a little more time will add to the complexities and smoothen out a bit more.   It's very good now and has a possibility of becoming great.

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