I opened this bottle last night to drink with Meatloaf, potatoes and carrots. Upon opening the wine had a very interesting nose - that of scorched earth and minerals - very much like a Spanish red from Monstant or Priorat. Then there was a mean green vegetal streak in the nose (a bad sign). Unfortunately that green-ness was also translated in to the taste of the wine. Unripe fruit flavors that verge on cough-syrupness were prevalent, and though I've tried to give it some time, it did not really improve in the 1 hour or so it was left in the glass. I had high expectations for this bottle, hearing so many good things about the producer, maybe it was an off-bottle. I loved that it had distinct terroir in the nose - it was too bad the fruit did not match up to it.

Wow, I gotta think this bottle was off. I tried this back in Oct. at Vinexpo and it was very good and an excellent value. Even the regular Rapel Valley bottlings by this producer are very good. I'd give it another shot.

jb

That's good to know - fortunately it was a gift to me, so I didn't feel bad about the wine going to waste...

I would concur. Seeing as it was a gift, perhaps the storage was not stellar (?).

I've had this wine before in a restaurant and it was quite good. No vegetal streak that I noticed...