Toasty nose of lemon meringue pie, roasted almonds, smoke, grilled pineapple and fudge. Full-bodied, buttery and opulent with delicious burnt-caramel and fudge character. Yet, it remains fresh. Tangy, Sherry-like hints of olives and salted almonds. Evolves. Drink now or hold.
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Cvne Rioja Blanco Monopole Clasico 2019 750ml
Rated 94 by James Suckling
Toasty nose of lemon meringue pie, roasted almonds, smoke, grilled pineapple and fudge. Full-bodied, buttery and opulent with delicious burnt-caramel and fudge character. Yet, it remains fresh. Tangy, Sherry-like hints of olives and salted almonds. Evolves. Drink now or hold.
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Rated 93 by Wine Advocate
The second vintage of the Reserva white is the 2019 Cune Blanco Reserva, a style of wine they produced in the 1950s and 1960s—dry wines aged in barrel with Viura grapes, looking for more tension and working more in the selection of oak. The wine is 13% alcohol and has a pH of 3.26 (without malolactic) and a classical aromatic profile that is spicy and smoky with notes of dried flowers and chamomile. It fermented in a combination of concrete and oak vats and barrels and matured in second and third use French oak barrels for 18 months. It's medium-bodied but with juicy fruit making it rich and easy to drink, with some developed notes reminiscent of diesel and white tea. It's dry, chalky and tasty. 10,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in August 2021.
Rated 92 by Wine Spectator
A distinctive white, this opens with generous aromas of fragrant ground anise, graphite and crushed pine, followed by up-front flavors of poached apricot and blood orange that transition to dried white cherry and salted almond notes reminiscent of a good fino Sherry. Bright and graceful, with well-knit, mouthwatering acidity and a lingering finish that echoes the cherry and almond profile. Drink now through 2028. 2,500 cases made, 600 cases imported.