Benjamin Romeo

Benjamin RomeoThe one varietal Garnacha, the 2015 Coleccin N 4 Garnacha de La Dehesa is a single vineyard red from a plot planted in 1900 on sandy soils. It fermented with indigenous yeasts in oak vats and matured in new French oak barrels, including malolactic, for 18 months. This is more like a Priorat that a Garnacha from Gredos; it's dark, powerful, ripe and concentrated, with aromas of shoe polish and licorice. The palate is full bodied, and the wine is

Sweet floral and minty notes add freshness on the finish

good body and backbone with plenty of stuffing on the finish

You can't go wrong here

and it's rather fascinating to be reminded of how different its personality was at the time

intensity and power on the larger- scaled flavors that are at once succulent yet quite serious on the decidedly firm built-to-age finale

intense and explosively long finish

(91-94)/2036+

black cherry liqueur and floral notes

and brown spices are the key notes in this rich yet almost aggressively penetrating Riesling

which tighten up the rounded sweetness and generosity of fruit into a chalk-lined

soft worn leather

like quince peel