Pago de los Capellanes Reserva 2011

From the clay and limestone soils of the high plateau of Pedrosa in the Ribera del Duero, this aromatic Tinto Fino (aka Tempranillo) wine is richly concentrated with mulberry and black cherry fruit aromas and flavours, all framed by stylish, spicy new oak and bright damsony acidity. The wine includes 10% of Cabernet Sauvignon and has spent 18 months in French oak and was bottled unfiltered. Purple-coloured, it has an uplifting perfume of pain grillé, scorched earth, violets, cinnamon, and blackberry liqueur, then a dense rich and velvety palate, pleasingly decadent but with a refreshing cerebral twist on the finish.