Compania Bodeguera Valenciso 10 Anos Despues Edicion Limitada Reserva, Rioja DOCa, Spain 2012 Barolo A burnished orange-meets-tawny color and

A burnished orange-meets-tawny color and lively aromas of caramel and apricot get this oloroso off to a fine start

complex and precise

It was powerful and dense at en primeur

The palate reveals very fine tannins and superb acidity

The expressive aromas feature redcurrant

Compania Bodeguera Valenciso 10 Anos Despues Edicion Limitada Reserva, Rioja DOCa, Spain 2012 Barolo A burnished orange-meets-tawny color andThe purity of the 2008 10 Aos Despus transports me to the Rioja wines from yesteryear, even if the levage was quite different from those wines. This matured in concrete for four and a half years and the spend five and a half years in oak barrels from the Caucasus. It seems to have more stuffing than the 2007, and the oak is also better integrated. It feels youngyou wouldn't guess it's already ten years oldand it has the textbook aromas from Rioja.