Bodegas Olivares Dulce Monastrell Ungrafted Old Vines, Jumilla, Spain 2017 500ml Dolce Dense tannins are balanced by

Dense tannins are balanced by equally rich fruit in this wine

chalk and yeast but in a slightly discrete

Pérez likes Gundiñas and Rapolao in warmer years like this

This Pommard 1er Cru comes from vines planted in 1928

The wines of Siran are typical of the great Margaux growths

Bodegas Olivares Dulce Monastrell Ungrafted Old Vines, Jumilla, Spain 2017 500ml Dolce Dense tannins are balanced byI just love the expressive nose of tomato vine, Mediterranean herbs and black olive of the 2017 Dulce Monastrell, a sweet fortified red I had already tasted and which seems to be evolving at a glacial pace. It has the tannin and structure of the dry red wines from the region, balanced by some 230 grams of acidity and fortified to 16% alcohol. The tannins and alcohol make the wine come through as balanced and not as sweet as you might imagine given the