to red clay and gravel in Gallimardes
particularly tangerine skin
This allows for a wine that is both dense but pure and lifted with beguiling aromatics
a touch of oak-derived complexity
Defaix also bottles this selection from a single hectare of almost 70-year-old vines on the mid-slope
Bodegas Muga Aro 2019 Size::1 Bottle to red clay and gravel100 POINTS Jeb Dunnuck "Pure magic, the 2019 Aro is 70% Tempranillo and 30% Graciano from a plant by plant selection of the Muga family's oldest vines of Tempranillo, blended with a substantial portion of Graciano. This dense purple behemoth has a primordial bouquet of pure cassis, graphite, crushed stone, lead pencil, new leather, and hints of spring flowers. Building incrementally on the palate, with full bodied richness, a huge mid palate, and