Cuentavinas Los Yelsones, Rioja DOCa, Spain 2019 Maculan cedar and sous bois scents

cedar and sous bois scents that are nicely defined

highlighted by a discreet softness that does not hide the freshness in any way

really hard to beat that

which says that this should age nicely over the next 3-4 years quite easily

Cuentavinas Los Yelsones, Rioja DOCa, Spain 2019 Maculan cedar and sous bois scentsThe pricey Los Yelsones is truly impressive, aromatic, nuanced, powerful and elegant, with power and finesse and some oak still to be integrated on the palate. It's pure Tempranillo from a plot planted in 1970 in La Rad in the fourth valley of San Vicente de la Sonsierra where the soils have big blocks of calcium carbonate (yelsones) that name the wine. This matured in 500 liter oak barrels for 18 months, but the oak feels more integrated than the