Celeste, Crianza, 2009, Torres, Ribera del Douro

I fried this on top of the radiator to get it up to operating temperature for the Wilks who were coming for a Bridge Dinner.So the first taste was warm with an explosion of fruit which soon gave way to a smoother refined dry taste. As the label says, it was as unique as the night sky in Ribera del Duoro. I’m a fan of Torres wines on both sides of the Atlantic but sometimes the hyperbole of the language used stretches the vine a bit.

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Mayor de Castilla Roble from Ribera Del Duero, NV

I though this average. Ribenaesque colour, Bland fruit, dry.

Perhaps I didn’t serve it warm enough.

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