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2015 Bodegas Emilio Moro Malleolus de Valderramiro

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July 3, 2022 - $115

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RATINGS

96Jeb Dunnuck

...juicy, medium to full-bodied, beautifully balanced style that carries lots of richness as well as good freshness and purity. Notes of blackcurrants, raspberries, cedar pencil, spice box, and vanilla...

95Wine Spectator

Powerful and refined, with solid structure supporting the cherry reduction, steeped raspberry and orange peel flavors infused with anise, loamy earth, toast and baking spice elements. Details of wild herb are carried through the balsamic-laced finish.

95Vinous / IWC

Potent aromas of ripe black and blue fruits, vanilla, fruitcake and woodsmoke, plus espresso and cola notes in the background. Sweet, seamless and broad on the palate, offering sappy blueberry, cherry-vanilla, mocha and spicecake flavors that are given focus and spine by a core of juicy acidity...lively, and finishes smoky and very long, with repeating vanilla and espresso notes and gentle tannic grip.

92The Wine Advocate

...intense spice, toast and sawdust aromas, dominated by oak aromas and flavors...plenty of tannins and flavors derived from the élevage. For fans of ripe, powerful and oaky Tempranillo.

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.