Muga, Rioja Torre Muga other_regions_italy With time in the glass

With time in the glass hints of sweet roses

Note that like several wines reviewed above that my projected range assumes the underlying material is up to the job of successfully absorbing the wood treatment

Elegant and restrained in style

To describe this as an atypical 2017 would be an understatement as it’s ripe to the point of being particular

with all the components in very good balance

Muga, Rioja Torre Muga other_regions_italy With time in the glass(raised in new French oak casks of varying size for two years) Inky ruby. Highly expressive, smoke accented cherry liqueur and blueberry aromas are complicated by building floral, vanilla and exotic spice nuances. Sappy, sweet and broad on the palate, offering densely packed black blue fruit, mocha and floral pastille flavors that slowly become spicier and more lively as the wine opens up. Shows excellent clarity on the extremely long, oak spiced