Garnacha Rioja Vinedos Sierra Cantabria 2019

Inky violet-red to the eye, this wine offers a bouquet of blackberry, butterscotch, and clove. Blackberry and butterscotch transition to the palate alongside milk chocolate, roasted fennel-bulb and violet flavors swaddled in silky tannins. The floral-scented finish features a note of chocolate-covered-orange-peel. [Drink into the early 2030s+.] (Mike DeSimone,Other,Dec. 31, 2023)