Name: Proximo by Marques de Riscal
Variety: Tempranillo
Region: Rioja
Country: Spain
Year: 2010
Price: $11
Shop/Critic/Winery Review: "Marqués de Riscal Próximo is a new addition to the Marqués range and is a bright and fruit driven Rioja style sourced from slightly younger Tempranillo vines. Very strict parcel selection along with traditional picking techniques, this Rioja is bursting with dark blackberry fruit with notes of rich, ripe plums. Hints of liquorice and star anise also give the wine a superb backbone that is perfectly suited many Mediterranean cuisines."
My impressions: Jammy nose; blackberries, raspberries, some medicinal smell on the nose. Fruit forward, with dark fruits - plums, blackberry.. Tannic, but not overly. Lasting finish, with bits of pepper showing through. Decanted for three hours, then left in the bottle overnight. I'm not sure if it helped, but the wine was quite nice.
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