Benjamin Romeo, Rioja Vina Andres Vintage:2010 The wine has a beautiful

The wine has a beautiful entry to the palate

offering expressive notes of fresh

The finest wines in this portfolio are pricy

55% Merlot

but they do possess good detail on the overtly austere compact and serious finale where the balance isn’t quite completely dialed in

Benjamin Romeo, Rioja Vina Andres Vintage:2010 The wine has a beautifulOpaque purple. Explosive bouquet displays blackberry, mulberry, creme de cassis, cherry vanilla and Asian spices. A zesty cracked pepper quality adds urgency to the deep, sweet dark berry flavors and a kick to the back end. Mixes depth and energy with a deft hand, finishing with exotic notes of floral pastille and spicecake. The spicy quality lingers endlessly, giving this wine an improbably vivacious personality. There are just 200 bottles of this