2012 | Bodegas Riojanas Albina Essencia Reserva | Rioja Domaine de la Bêche This is generously oaked after

This is generously oaked after 14 months in used French and American oak barrels with rackings every six months

with crushed

Tres Feixes comes from Plà de Manlleu – it’s at 550m and can be chilly

and slate dominant soils produce a wine of tremendous character and concentration

Gaiante is a fresh young spumante Millesimato

2012 | Bodegas Riojanas Albina Essencia Reserva | Rioja Domaine de la Bêche This is generously oaked afterThe scent of blackberry, cassis, vanilla and licorice emanates from the glass. This profound and complex wine is full on the palate, offering flavors of wild red and black berries, milk chocolate, licorice, clove and hints of leather and dried Mediterranean herbs wrapped up in a layer of powerful tannins that slowly peel away to reveal a closing note of fennel bulb. Drink through 2034. 98 Pts Wine Enthusiast