2022 | Sierra Cantabria Finca El Bosque | Rioja Tannat with ripe strawberries

with ripe strawberries

with the austere profile of the other whites here

with sleek acidity and a subtle

A sublayer of fresh acidity and minerality picks up the flavors and carries them on through the finish around fine tannins and a note of fresh thyme

The palate is luxurious and deep

2022 | Sierra Cantabria Finca El Bosque | Rioja Tannat with ripe strawberriesThe 2022 Finca El Bosque grows in clay limestone soils with abundant gravel and pebbles from bush trained vines. It shows surprising finesse and elegance, its rounded edges etched in a contrast of iron like black fruit supported by tremendous structure and firm tannins. The fruit is rich and ripe but more savory in character, nuanced in a sous bois quality and bright underlying acidity that persists through a long, balsamic finish. 95 Pts Jeb Dunnuck