2000 Pagos de Valdeorca Rioja
($43) Dark red. Smoked meat, dark chocolate, espresso and leather accent deep cherry and redcurrant fruit aromas. Sweet in red fruit flavor but complemented by more serious leather, meat and underbrush qualities. This deep and nicely focused wine offers an interesting juxtaposition of sweet fruit and earthier flavors, finishing with lingering cherry and tobacco tones and very good length. (Bon Vivant Imports, Boise, ID)
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