This is the kind of light and fragrant Rioja that makes me smile. Still youthful, its 12 years of age show in a heady richness...It’s easy to imagine the lamb chops coming straight off the grill as you taste this wine.

This light straw-colored beauty features a classic petrol-to-grapefruit nose with a hint of baby's breath flowers and a kiss of wet stone. Grapefruit peel gives a pleasant texture to the mouthfeel while dill, tarragon, and chamomile add zest, zing, and tonality. 

Unique aromas of chocolate cherries arise with a thread of graphite built in. Precise acidity points to savory and juicy notes of cranberry and coffee before spiced plum takes over on the pleasant finish, lingering with a long note of sweet tobacco. 

This offers delicate scents evoking orchard fruit, chamomile and bread crust. On the linear palate, a racy perlage and vibrant acidity frame yellow apple, lemon zest and a hint of Alpine herb. 

Brandied berry and raisin aromas lead the nose of this mature Gran Reserva. Spice, earth, berry and plum flavors finish with a note of tobacco. 

This Chardonnay-based wine is crisp and mineral driven, yet balanced by a softer texture that will develop as the wine matures. Attractive fruitiness contrasts with the bright acidity and tangy aftertaste. 

Yeasty, bready aromas of briny nectarine show early onset autolysis.Flavors of dried papaya and melon include a note of brioche, while this is steady, bready, mature and ready on the finish. Drink now.

This wine captures a wild brambly character without being  tricked up with new oak...it shows raspberry and tea aromas, while the palate brings ample cherry and raspberry flavors and balanced tannins.

Grainy, thick and concentrated, this wine offers structure amidst its big-boned richness and ripe flavor.  Sizable tannins surround a core of brambly fruit and toasted oak that lingers on the finish.

Scents of jasmine, mandarin orange, plumeria, and lanolin are mesmerizing. Unctuous on the palate without being cloying, its flavors further inspire the elderflower essence as white peach, white tea, and pink grapefruit add complexity to a weighty mouthfeel. 

A modern style, driven by cherry and berry fruit, vanilla and milk chocolate flavors. Firm and tightening up, with plenty of grip and leafy elements on the back end. 

A dusting of bittersweet chocolate coats the black cherry and blueberry fruit in this firmly structured red. Bitter almond and earth accents chime in on the dry finish. 

This shows richness and breadth, featuring notes of plum, coffee, iron and leather, punctuated by cherry hints and tangy acidity. Finishes firm and dense, with a fresh feel. 

A compact, tar-accented style, with blackberry, plum, iron and tobacco flavors. Give this time to resolve the dense structure. Features a core of sweet fruit and the finish shows promise.

A dark version, featuring intense flavors of blackberry, black cherry, spice and tar up against a wall of tannins. All the elements are here, and it will be interesting to see how this plays out. Terrific length. 

Aromas of blackberries, wet earth, lavender and blueberries. Full-bodied, deep and layered with bright acidity and a bacon-fat, mushroom, smoked-meat and fruit aftertaste.