Abadía Retuerta Sardón de Duero “Selección Especial” 2016
$39.99
Abadía Retuerta Sardón de Duero Selección Especial 2016
Tasting notes:
Very intense in the glass, which suggests a concentrated wine. Clean, creamy, complex and attractive nose. Wide array of aromas, mainly of red fruits, redcurrant, cherry and raspberry, well blended with the wood, which provides fresh notes of cedar and eucalyptus. As with previous vintages, Selección Especial is initially very smooth and pleasant in the mouth, giving way to a wine with a very rich bouquet, full of taste and flavour. A vintage characterized by the balance between alcohol, acidity and fine tannins that fuse together in the mouth. Very persistent, it reveals its excellent maturity, very drinkable and enjoyable with food, to be drunk now, but with a lot of life for it to refine even more in bottle.
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Reviews
James Suckling – “This is a stunning Ribera that shows a plethora of finely judged mulberries, blackberries, oyster shell, rust, iron, citrus, vanilla, undergrowth and licorice. Full-bodied and powerful with muscular tannins, but a wealth of dark fruit. Long and chewy on the finish. Drink in 2025.” (95 Pts)
Wine Advocate – “Selección Especial is Abadía Retuerta’s reliable red blend produced in enough quantities to have good availability and with an approachable and easy-to-understand profile that reached great quality with the 2016 Selección Especial, from one of the best vintages in recent times in the region. It’s 75% Tempranillo, 12% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Syrah, 3% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot, a blend that can change with the conditions of the year, as it’s decided by tasting the wines. If in the past this wine was quite oaky, this 2016 feels quite integrated and balanced, ripe and medium-bodied, with a soft and tender palate, round tannins and moderate influence from the élevage of 13 months in French and American oak barrels. This comes from a cuvée of 1,675 barrels that produced wine to fill 453,000 bottles, 22,500 magnums and 1,100 double magnums. The quality is awesome for the volume produced. It was bottled between mid-May and early July 2018.” (93 Pts)
| Weight | 4 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 4 × 4 × 12 in |
| Type | Wine |
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| Winery/Vintner | Abadía Retuerta |
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