Viña Otano - Reserva 2015 (1.5L) Valdepeñas Rustic style Tannat Port fermented

Rustic style Tannat Port fermented in open top puncheons and aged in neutral French oak

dark and brooding up front

and 3% Starr in Rutherford

which yields a darker and fuller-bodied wine

More herbal and mineral than many of the producer’s other single-vineyard wines

Viña Otano - Reserva 2015 (1.5L) Valdepeñas Rustic style Tannat Port fermentedThis is very well made Rioja Reserva that shows the generosity of a warm year but still manages to display regional typicity. Theres enough oak in the mix to require some aeration, but the wine shows quite well after an hour, and beautifully after two. In terms of weight, it is really just medium bodied, but it is fully flavored when the spicy, toasty oak joins forces with the fruits impact on the palate. The oak pulls up short of the fruit in the