Winery - Valdelana
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Sweet and spicy stuff, with plenty of oak-based coconut and butter on the nose. In the mouth, it’s quite saturated and flush, with overt plum, blackberry and wood resin notes. A big, modern wine that’s a bit oafish but also rather easy to drink.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Like all wines from this bodega, there’s something strange and off the grid going on. The nose offers the weirdest combo of exotic spice and odd fruit aromas, while the palate deals soupy, resiny, unusual flavors. Could it be Eastern European or subpar American oak? Seems like it.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Smells strange, with a mix of unknown spice and odd fruit aromas. The palate is snappy and sharp, with light fruit and oaky, resiny flavors that leave a lasting, confounding aftertaste. Rather pointless given all the good value-priced wines on the market.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The bright purple color and aromas of bubble gum and grape skins shout out “carbonic maceration,” a technique often used to pump up young wines. The flavors are of candied black plum, licorice and sugar. The finish, though, is only thin and tangy. It’s the equivalent of Spanish Beaujolais Nouveau.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
One of the more weird-smelling Riojas out there; it’s oddly spicy, with strained, grainy aromas coming straight from the barrel. The palate is sinewy and tough, with unstructured, baked and herbal flavors of tomato and funky spice. It’s hard to muster much support for this one.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A straightforward, simple and light wine with dusty old cedar and beet aromas. Strawberry and rhubarb flavors take it to the finish short and simple.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Earth, raisin, dried herb and funky, odd oak aromas lead to a grabby, friction-filled palate with sweet-and-sour flavors of raisin, pie cherry and cheese. Finishes resiny and raisiny, with milk chocolate and licorice. A weird wine with a lot of foreign Russian oak character.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Starts out stewy, with exotic spice aromas that are uncommon but not unpleasant. That unusual spicy character persists throughout, and the feel is chewy and meaty while the fruit veers toward stewed blackberry, nutmeg and anise. A different breed of cat but a good one nonetheless. Drink now.
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