Bodega Ramirez de la Piscina Gran Reserva 2016

Critical Acclaim: 94 pts Jeb Dunnuck, 93 pts James Suckling, 90 pts Decanter Winemaker's Tasting Notes: "Rich ruby red with a tawny rim. On the nose it is intense with notes of Oriental spices, violets, incense and secondary fruit aromas. In the mouth it is silky and elegant with great refinement. The back-taste is long and persistent." "Lastly, the 2016 Gran Reserva is gorgeous, offering a pure cassis, leather, leafy herb, and graphite-driven perfume as well as a rounded, layered, seamless style on the palate that offers tons to love. It's still structured and will evolve for another 15-20 years with ease. Drinking Window: 2024-2044" - Jeb Dunnuck "Inky ruby to the eye, this wine has a bouquet of black cherry, cassis, thyme and lavender. It is spicy at first sip, with plush tannins and flavors of anisette, clove, fruits of the wood and chocolate with a touch of mint. As tannins and spice peel away, brighter fruit notes appear on the palate and head into the enduring finish" - Wine Enthusiast "Complex nose with a creamy overlay of walnuts, pine needles and sweet spices on top of the black cherries and blackberries. Full-bodied and intense with powerful, compact tannin that wraps up the fleshy black fruit. Quite long and tight. Better after 2024." - James Suckling "Dark but fresh, with graphite and milled pepper notes winding through fruit flavors of black plum reduction, blackberry and black currant underscored by a streak of tar and mineral. The rich, herb- and spice-laced profile of this medium- to full-bodied red is finely meshed with lightly chalky tannins. Drink now through 2030." -Wine Spectator "Plummy, dark fruits, with cedar and spice aromas. Rich and juicy on the palate, it’s balanced and open with lots of fruit. Black pepper on the finish."- Decanter Varietal: Tempranillo