Bodegas MaurodosPrima 2013

Ett djupt, rikt och fylligt vin med tät, mörkröd frukt, bra balans, bra syra och inslag av björnbär, moreller, violer, cassis, mineraler och fat.

"Härligt rödvin med massor av smak av mörka bär, kryddor ek och plommon. Smaken är medelfyllig till fyllig med bra djup och fin balans mellan frukt och syror. Kommer att utvecklas väl i källaren de närmaste fem åren. Toro är distriktet som alltid varit lovande och länge gjort några av de bästa fylliga och smakrika vinerna i Spanien. Men distriktet har aldrig nått samma status som Ribera del Duero. Men med sådan här kvalitet för pengarna borde allas blickar riktas mot Toro!"

"The 2013 Prima was bottled in May 2015, and is a blend of Tinta de Toro (aka Tempranillo) and 10% Garnacha with a little bit of white Malvasía. The wine matured, part in used barrique and part in oak vats, in order to keep the fruit. 2013 was a cooler vintage, which in Toro produced a slow ripening of the grapes. Bright ruby-colored, the nose is cooler, earthy and showing fresh herbal aromas with red fruit and more mineral notes as it opens up in the glass, where graphite, peat and some notes made me think of a classical wine from Bordeaux. The palate is medium-bodied, with very fine tannins and good acidity; it is very elegant, balanced, fresh and easy to drink. 175,000 bottles were produced."

"Deeply pitched aromas of dried cherry, cassis, lavender and smoked meat, with a hint of pipe tobacco in the background. Chewy and focused on entry, then fleshier in the mid-palate, offering bitter cherry and floral pastille flavors and a touch of gaminess. The smoke and cherry notes repeat on the long, youthfully tannic finish. This wine was aged for a year in used French and American oak barriques."

This thick red delivers plum, coffee, loamy and licorice flavors, with solid tannins and muted acidity. Dense and muscular, in a rustic style. Drink now through 2023