Winery - Finca Torremilanos
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Same score as the prior vintage, and pretty much the same tart wine. It’s red in color, sweet and candied on the nose, and awkward in general. And then it’s citric and sour in the mouth, with flavors of pink grapefruit. Imported by Grapes of Spain.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Unusual in that this cava hails from the Ribera del Duero region, where red wines are 99.9% of the show. For a no-dosage nature, it’s properly crisp and dry, almost like a liquid version of a soda cracker. There are some holes in the fabric but overall it’s citrusy, tight and only mildly bitter on the finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Ribera is not prime rosé country, and this wine doesn’t much help the cause. Cherry cough drop aromas are about all you’re going to get, while the palate is jumpy and sour, with apple skin and grapefruit flavors. Too much like a sucking candy.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Quite tannic and biting, but beyond those mouthfeel issues this affordable RDD has its positives. The bouquet of toast, mocha and coconut is alluring, and then the palate of dark-fruit flavors, while rock-hard, is masculine. But never does one escape the feel and balance shortcomings. It’s a like a ride down a pocked and bumpy gravel road.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Tan like cream soda, with a weird, faded bouquet of banana pudding and resiny oak. Soft and weakly structured except for lasting acidity, while it tastes like fermented apples and finishes on bitter walnut. A strange bird made from Sauvignon Blanc and white Tempranillo.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Slightly roasted on the nose, with aromas of blackberry and a penetrating grassy note. The palate is authentic for RDD, with clipped, herbal flavors accenting soupy berry and bouillon. Finishes earthy, meaning there are leafy notes and dryness.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Rubbery, roasted aromas are rustic but solid. Superficial boysenberry, blueberry and herbal flavors control the palate, while the finish and feel are juicy but standard. Seems like an everyday Beaujolais or Dolcetto more than anything else.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
An attractive, ripe wine that pushes up against raisiny but then draws back to focus on blackberry, licorice and other dark aromas and flavors. Very good weight and mouthfeel, with nice balance supporting ripe berry, cola and mild chocolate flavors. Finishes lush and warm. Drink now through 2011.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Green to the point of being vegetal, with bell pepper and green bean aromas in addition to hidden berry fruit. It’s grabby and tannic across the palate, while the flavors run toward green fruit and caramel. Deficient and hard as nails.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Bring on the barrels (and a chisel to cut through the tannins). Or just put it away in your cellar for a decade and let the fierce tannins and intensely toasted oak characteristics fade away. Early attackers will get hit with a wall of bitter chocolate, shoe polish and hickory blackness while digging into layers of tannin surrounding dark fruit, graphite and licorice. Better after 2010.
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