Wines from Valdepeñas
Viña Albali 2002 Gran Reserva Red (Valdepeñas)
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Opens with dried red fruit and cinnamon aromas, but after that the mouth is creamy and grabby, with bland fruit and then a wave of vanilla cream and milk chocolate on the finish. A sticky wine that doesn’t fully pass the balance test.
— M.S.
(10/1/2009)
Viña Albali 2005 Crianza Tempranillo (Valdepeñas)
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Rough and leathery, with roasted black fruit and burnt-leaf aromas. The palate has a clacky, sharp feel and flavors of dried, baked berry fruits and leaves. Hard, roasted and leathery red wine.
— M.S.
(4/1/2011)
Viña Albali 2004 Gran Reserva Red (Valdepeñas)
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Rusty in color, then briney and leafy on the nose, with rooty, nutty, murky plum and earth aromas. Feels clipped and jagged, with tart cherry, citrus and leafy flavors. Dry and hollow on the finish.
— M.S.
(2/1/2012)
Viña Albali 2007 Reserva Tempranillo (Valdepeñas)
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Dusty red-fruit aromas come with earthy, leathery tones. It feels tight, drawn and resiny, with hard spice and oak flavor. There’s not much fruit to ponder, and the finish is dried out, with a woody note.
— M.S.
(7/1/2012)
Viña Albali 2006 Gran Reserva Tempranillo (Valdepeñas)
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This is cedary and dry smelling, with more spice than fruit aromas. It feels crisp, tight and acidic, with flavors of raspberry, red plum and forced spice coming from the heavy oak. Dry, oaky and spicy on the finish.
— M.S.
(7/1/2012)
Bodegas Navarro López 2009 Old Vines Crianza Tempranillo (Valdepeñas)
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A jammy raspberry aroma comes with milk chocolate and plastic scents. It feels pulpy yet spunky, with red plum and strawberry flavors. The mild finish doesn’t evolve or expand, but it registers as being fresh.
— M.S.
(11/1/2012)
Bodegas Navarro López 2006 Old Vines Gran Reserva Tempranillo (Valdepeñas)
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This is herbal and tomatoey on the nose, then racy in feel, with little midlevel stuffing on the palate. Flavors of raspberry are dilute and offset by mild buttery oak notes. This wine shows some elements of classic Spain but weaknesses as well.
— M.S.
(5/1/2013)
Viña Mayte 2005 Vino de Mesa Red (Valdepeñas)
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Interesting in that this fresh, snappy table wine includes 60% Airen (a white grape) in addition to Tempranillo. This odd combo results in a light-bodied, almost translucent wine that’s easy to drink but offers little in the way of heft or complexity.
— M.S.
(8/1/2007)
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