Ved ophældningen funkler Peñas Aladas 2016 dyb brombærrød med næsten sort kerne... Næsen drager koncentreret med fortryllende duft af roser, violer, sorte kirsebær, brombær og mørke blommer, der åbner grandiøst op for mørkristede kaffebønner, søde orientalske krydderier, kalket mineralitet, tørret kød, skovbund, anis, trøfler og rosmarin... Vinen lander smooth og silkekølig på tungen, hvor frugten med kraftfulde vingeslag udfolder en nærmest naturstridigt svævende elegance. Minutlang powerfinish med udsøgte krydderier og tanniner fra den ekstra lange fadlagring. Magisk! Drik nu, eller gem den i op til +25 år fra høståret.
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100/100 Robert Parker
"The youth, freshness, balance and harmony of the 2016 Peñas Aladas Gran Reserva is gobsmacking.
The wine is a little shy, insinuating, reticent and a little closed, and it feels younger than it is. It comes from a collection of small plots of some of the oldest vines in the village of La Aguilera in the lieu-dit, or "paraje," that names the wine, in a small valley surrounded by pine, holm and juniper trees, where there is a cold draft of air and the temperature is lower than in the rest of the village.
The soils are sandy and intermixed with clay on a marl mother rock. The plants are mostly Tempranillo, but as they are very old vines, there's always a field blend of other varieties?Albillo Mayor, Monastrell, Garnacha, Bobal and Cariñena?all fermented together with full clusters that were foot trodden in concrete vats and indigenous yeasts.
Malolactic was in barrel and lasted for 11 months, while the élevage was extended to a total of 55 months (almost five years!).
After all this time in barrels, the wine is not oaky at all; it's floral and perfumed, elegant, nuanced and layered. The texture is silky, and it's mediumbodied, with moderate ripeness.
It has fine tannins that make it nicely textured and fine-boned, with subtle minerality.
This should be veeeeeery long lived, as it has the stuffing, all the ingredients and the balance between them to make old bones. Amazing juice."

Med en imponerende dyb rød farve og komplekse aromaer af mørke bær, tobak og subtile krydderier, er denne Gran Reserva en hyldest til Ribera del Dueros terroir.

Den silkebløde tekstur og langvarige finish gør den til en uforglemmelig vinoplevelse.