Sierra Cantabria, Reserva 2018 750ML SPSpain615MAR This merits another 3-5 years

This merits another 3-5 years in bottle at least

Needs five or six years to come together

making it both gastronomic and elegant

plum/purple color and a stunningly rich nose of mulberries

and subtle oak influences

Sierra Cantabria, Reserva 2018 750ML SPSpain615MAR This merits another 3-5 yearsThe 2018 Reserva is pure Tempranillo fermented destemmed and matured in 50 50 French and American oak barrels, 20% of them new, for 18 months. It's serious and a little shy austere, insinuating and subtle, perhaps reflecting the cooler year. The rain before the harvest might have diluted the wine a little, making it finer boned. It has contained ripeness and integrated oakit showed a lot less oak than the Crianzaand just a little development,