Pago Negralada Tempranillo 2012, Abadia Retuerta

The deep gravel soils here produce wines with a distinctive firm, tannic character that balances beautifully with the layers of ripe strawberry, raspberry and cherry fruit. The wine spends 19 months in new French oak barrels, marrying the complex flavours of wild red fruits, liquorice, herbs and minerals. This is a style of wine that can be drunk with pleasure right now or left to refine further over the next few years.