Pago Capellanes, Nogal other_regions_italy Dark crimson with a little

Dark crimson with a little age at the rim

The wines have the purity and clean rusticity of the Cornas from Clape

Having said that

warm and long finish that has a slightly bitter chocolate character to it

An exuberantly spicy nose is composed almost exclusively of various very ripe dark berries and exotic tea scents

Pago Capellanes, Nogal other_regions_italy Dark crimson with a littleThe 2009 Parcela El Nogal is a single vineyard wine from a 13 year old plot called El Nogal (the oak tree) that is fermented in oak vats and carried out its malolactic fermentation in barrique where the wine aged for 22 months in oak. It has a clear animal character, with notes of leather, hung meat, tempera paint, fountain pen ink, licorice and peat with a good layer of oak related aromas on top of the ripe black fruit. The palate is medium bodied,