Country: Spain / Altos de Tamaron Reserva
Variety: Tempranillo Northern Spain
Winery: Pagos del Rey / Ribera del Duero
A heavily oaked nose smells of pencil shavings and creamy berry scents. This feels raw, choppy and highly tannic, while red-fruit flavors are buried by an oak-based covering of milk chocolate. Heavy dominating chocolaty oak is the overriding theme of this underperforming RDD Reserva.