Spain Gentle straw colour. Mild aromas of peach and a hint of hazelnut. Lots of green apple flavours with nutty tinges. Soft and mellow, yet finishes crisply. Decent aperitif white.
Flavours show licorice at first, melding into fine spined blackcherry flavours.
A big improvement over the 1997, much more mouth-filling and dense. Colour is dark and inky, and flavours show lots of bellpepper herbaceous notes and cherrywood from new oak. Sonoma Four different clones are planted on the estate's Don Miguel Vi neyard. The new vintage is terrific, with fine deep colour and very fragrant cherry fruit, clove spice, mint and evergreen nuances wrapped in vanilla, smoke and oak. Good weight, and very fine structure and tannin.