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Product Highlights
Complex nose of herb-tinged dark red berries and crushed rocks. While the palate is still youthful and tightly wound, it's already showing great focus, length on the palate and finish. Outstanding!
— Josh Hull, Chairman’s Selection® wine buyer
— Josh Hull, Chairman’s Selection® wine buyer
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Sweetness
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Oak Influence
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Expert Reviews
The ... 2021 Bela, produced with Tempranillo from the village of Villalba de Duero ... from sandy and clay rich soils on limestone mother rock that delivers powerful but not overripe wines with a short-ish élevage to achieve a fine-boned and fresh wine. ... mostly Tempranillo but some 5% Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot too, and it matured in French oak barrels for nine months. ... textbook profile of classical Ribera; it's ripe without excess, with very integrated oak and a velvety palate with silky tannins. ... With time in the glass, it develops a precise note of licorice intermixed with berry fruit and some spices and herbs. ... they consider it their best vintage to date irrespective of the style of the year, with 2019 more powerful, 2020 more elegant and this 2021 something in between.
— 92 PointsWine Advocate, Januaury 31, 2023
