CVNE, Rioja Real Asua

CVNE, Rioja Real AsuaThis is very powerful and rich with amazing depth of fruit and ripe tannins. Full body. Round and chewy tannins. Super depth and beauty in this pure tempranillo. Needs time in the cellar. Better after 2021.

5 ha parcels divided between ¼ Pied d’Aloup

A wonderfully layered and ultra-fresh nose offers up notes of red currant and overtly spiced cherry liqueur aromas

savory character to the red fruit and balsamic flavors

There is first-rate intensity to the even more intensely mineral-driven flavors that arguably possess the best precision in the range before concluding in an even more saline finish

elegant and firm tannins balance well with good freshness and a damp tobacco-laden mid palate

It has a perfumed bouquet of bilberry and mulberry fruit

phenolically mature and driving finish that is quite firm without being aggressive yet impeccably well balanced

round textured wine is already starting to drink well

superbly sustained finish exhibits striking vibrancy as well as a palpable sense of chalky impingement rare in a sweet Spätlese

Despite its slender personality

My only complaint was the level of oak found in the wine

It is pleasing to the eye