Tasting notes:

This wine is made from grapes grown just north of the River Ebro in Alavesa on old bush-trained vines in chalky soils with a chalky-loam texture. Aged for 24 months in American and French oak barrels, the wine exhibits a medium ruby-purple colour with redcurrant, strawberry and cranberry fruit, underpinned by leather, spice and coffee bean accents. The palate is quite linear, showing racy acidity and linen-textured tannins with allspice and floral notes. A very pretty wine with some development, it is a good pairing for seared fresh tuna dressed with fine-quality olive oil.  (Patricia Stefanowicz MW)