Marques De Riscal Baron de Chirel, DOC Rioja

Barón de Chirel is a modern classic which showcases the identity, tradition and modernity of Rioja.

Clear and bright with a lovely cherry-red color and hints of violet. Lively hue around the rim. This is an enormously expressive wine with great aromatic intensity of small, ripe, black fruits, graphite and mineral notes from the terroir, liquorice, subtle hints of flowers, and woodland undergrowth. Reminiscent of autumn when the leaves fall. Hot spices like cloves and black pepper, cocoa and tobacco, all extremely well defined. A powerful, dense, very rich attack. It combines sensations of volume, structure and richness with a silky texture which never ends. Lively tannins, discernible but ripe and which will become more polished with time. Very, very long and persistent, elegant with magnificent acidity which augurs well for great ageing.