Tasting note

Brilliant violet color. Intensely perfumed dark berry and floral pastille scents, along with suggestions of anise, violet and pipe tobacco. Sweet and expansive on the palate, offering sappy black and blue fruit flavors that put on weight with air. Shows very good energy and power on the long, gently tannic finish, leaving behind notes of blueberry and peppery spices. Drinking window: 2017-2021. Score - 90. (Josh Raynolds, vinous.com, Sept. 2015)

APRIL 2014 Insider Pick from Barbara Philip MW, Portfolio Manager for European Wines: "Graciano is usually a blending grape in Rioja, but here it is centre stage bringing floral aromas and sticky black fruit."