2011 Contino, Gran Reserva, Rioja, Spain

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2011 Contino, Gran Reserva, Rioja, SpainVivid ruby red. Displays expansive, smoke tinged red fruit preserve and cherry vanilla scents, along with vanilla, tobacco and allspice flourishes. Seamless and appealingly sweet, offering concentrated cherry, blackcurrant and spicecake flavors that tighten up slowly on the back half. The smoky note repeats on the sweet, seamless and impressively long finish, which features rounded tannins and lingering vanilla and mocha qualities. Drink 2019 2026

apricot jam

these are rich

fair depth

elegant and generous

The frigate Boreas visited Madeira in 1784 on its way to Antigua

Shrouded in historical mists of Atlantic crossings and open casks absorbing rainfall on the beaches of Funchal

in other words with no dosage and no sulfur added

Aromas of pear

somewhat paradoxically

fleshy core that's girdled by bright acids and enlivened by a pillowy mousse

unusually given its volume

this is a subtle and evocative wine