Balbas - Ribera del Duero Gran Reserva 2001

County of Origin: Spain, Ribera del Duero      

 Grapes :  90% Tempranillo , 10% Cabernet Sauvignon  

Vineyard Designation : Balbas

Harvest Date : ?

Barrel-Aged : 36 mounts in casks and fermented at 81 F         

 ABV : 13 - 14%


The bouquet is of cassis, Dutch prosess cocoa, leather, blackberry, dragons blood, allspice, Adobe, butter, tobacco, dried cherry, And vanillin

The flavors are of cassis, cocoa powder, strawberry, leather, freash tobacco, black apple, vanillin, oak, black cardamom, clove, plum, alcohol, goji, dragons blood, bolsomic, elderberry, with a delicate back of sumac and sasafrass root

 

The mouthfeel is of  the alcohol and is very forward with a mild tannin that is more like a malic acidity. This has a silky and smooth feel that lingers in the finish

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