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2015 Bodegas Emilio Moro Malleolus de Sanchomartin

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July 3, 2022 - $140

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RATINGS

96Vinous / IWC

Hugely perfumed, mineral- and spice-tinged cherry, dark berry, vanilla and floral oil qualities on the finely detailed nose. Supple and deeply concentrated but animated as well, offering cherry liqueur, black raspberry, spicecake and candied violet flavors... Finishes on an alluringly sweet note, with superb persistence and polished, steadily building tannins lend shape and solid grip.

94Wine Enthusiast

Heavily charred aromas of wood smoke and campfire dominate a nose with base-level berry fruit scents. Size and power are plastered all over the palate of this woody, tannic warm-vintage Ribera, which tastes of smoky blackberry and tobacco. A note of vanilla softens a hard-driving finish.

94Jeb Dunnuck

...ripe, bloody, almost meaty bouquet of smoked red and black fruits, iron, cedarwood, lavender, and dried flowers...full-bodied, has building tannins, beautiful purity, and certainly no shortage of length on the finish.

93Wine Spectator

This generous red has thick, polished tannins that surround the cherry reduction, coffee and orange peel flavors, underscored with loamy earth, leather and spice notes. Powerful and refined.

REGION

Spain, Castilla-Leon, Ribera del Duero

Ribera del Duero is, in the words of wine writer Jancis Robinson and Hugh Johnson, “the modern red wine miracle of northern Spain.” In 2012 Wine Enthusiast magazine named it the international wine region of the year. The appellation is a high, rocky plateau in north/central Spain that follows the Duero River for 60 miles before the river passes into Portugal, where it becomes the famous Douro River, then flows into the Atlantic Ocean. There are more than 60,000 vineyard acres in the appellation and only red wines are produced under appellations regulations. Low rainfall, hot days, many hours of sunlight and harsh winters produce grapes of great depth and flavor. Ribera de Duero’s reputation owes much to Vega Sicilia, a 150-year old estate known both for its excellent traditional red wines and its willingness to innovate with the times. Tempranillo, known locally as Tinto Fino, is the dominant red grape in the appellation, and it is often blended with small amounts of Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec or Merlot. The highly acclaimed Bodegas Alejandro Fernandez, world famous for its Tinto Pesquera, is also in Ribera del Duero. The appellation status was awarded in 1982.