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Belondrade y Lurton Rueda 2016

Typically light-bodied, this is a face of Verdejo I’ve not eperienced—Belondrade Y Lurton’s 2016 Verdejo has the unctuousness of a Mosel Spätlese with the fruit profile of a well-crafted Sonoma Coast Chardonnay, such is this wine’s shimmering depth and concentration. Opening with decadent aromas of dried pineapple, ripe cantaloupe, yellow peach, hazelnut, and flan, in the mouth […]

Tinto Pesquera Ribera del Duero Crianza 2012

Tinto Pesquera Ribera del Duero Crianza 2012

Older vintages of Pesquera can be particularly lovely, as such this toothsome 2012 Crianza is drinking well now, but will certainly reward patience. Brimming over with lots of complexity and lots to love given its price, with dark fruit notes of roasted black cherries, singed earth, dried violets, black licorice, alfalfa hay and dark chocolate. […]

Bodega Numanthia Toro Termanthia 2009

Bodega Numanthia Toro Termanthia 2009

The Numanthia Toro Termanthia 2009, generously shared by fellow Vivino user and friend, Rick Halprin offers up a lavish bouquet of steeped blackberries, black cherry, anise, and aged leather. Painted with a broader brush as compared with little brother, Numanthia, it’s voluptuous and expansive on the palate, with velvety fine grained tannins and a commanding […]

Bodega Numanthia Toro Numanthia 2009

Bodega Numanthia Toro Numanthia 2009

A wine that fellow Vivino user, Rick Halprin generously shared, the 2009 Numanthia is inlaid with fabulous, complex notes of black cherry, Italian plum, bittersweet chocolate, maple, heliotrope, and dusty, sun-baked earth. On the palate, the tannins are structured and slightly grippy, and the alcohol is well integrated—given that it’s at 15%, Numanthia carries it […]

CHRISTINE HAVENS
McMinnville, OR

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