Finca Allende Aurusb Rioja 2011 750ml

(raised for two years in new French oak) Brilliant red. A flamboyantly perfumed bouquet evokes ripe red/blue fruits, vanilla and incense, with a vibrant mineral quality adding energetic lift. Spice-accented blueberry, raspberry liqueur and candied lavender flavors deepen slowly with air while maintaining impressive clarity. Shows a velvety texture and excellent delineated floral-driven finish, which is given shape by smooth, well-knit tannins.

This generous red offers expressive plum and boysenberry flavors, with notes of cocoa, clove and tobacco. Firm, well-integrated tannins and balsamic acidity provide structure and focus. A big wine that remains balanced. Drink now through 2026. 460 cases made, 100 cases imported.