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Abelis Carthago 2004 Lui Selection Tinta de Toro (Toro)
- Editors' Choice
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- $27
The Lui & William bodega is behind this outstanding Tempranillo from Toro. The wine shows a brilliant violet tint in front of intense, inky aromas of black cherry and chocolate cake. The palate is superripe and bucks like a bronco; the tannins are dense and form titanic structure, and the finish of coffee and spice hints at a fine cigar. It’s a huge load at 15%, so…
— M.S.
(4/1/2008)
Abelis Carthago 2007 Fighting Bulls Crianza Tempranillo (Toro)
- $48
Dark, tight and charred on the nose, with intense berry aromas. The palate is quite juicy and acidic for Toro, with potent black fruit and cocoa flavors. The wine’s primed acidity lasts onto the finish, creating length and raciness but also some gritty scour. Drink now through 2014.
— M.S.
(12/15/2011)
Abelis Carthago 2004 William Selection Tinta de Toro (Toro)
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- $34
The wines of Abelis Carthago are enigmatic. The lowest-priced Lui is the most balanced and complete. This wine, William, is dark and dense, with shoe polish and raw crude oil on the nose. It’s super strapping and tannic, with bitter chocolate and coffee notes carrying the racy palate to a fiery finish. It lacks nuance and subtlety but will augment a good steak with…
— M.S.
(4/1/2008)
Abelis Carthago 2007 William Selection Crianza Tempranillo (Toro)
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- $27
Big, toasty, spicy and loaded with savory berry aromas, smoke and density. The palate is weighty and saturated, but balanced. Flavorwise, it’s dealing sweet, jammy, slightly roasted black fruit tastes that are followed by a spicy, toasty, coffee-driven finish. Meaty and ripe; drink now through 2013.
— M.S.
(7/1/2011)
Abelis Carthago 2007 Lui Selection Crianza Tempranillo (Toro)
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- $18
Full and dark, with a bouquet that offers hints of cheese, rubber and stocky black fruit. The palate is big, layered and grinds a bit due to rugged tannins and lively acidity. But the flavors of roasted berry and sweet spice work well, and the finish is savory and healthy. A little biting but still nice.
— M.S.
(7/1/2011)
Abelis Carthago 2004 Fighting Bulls Tinta de Toro (Toro)
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- $60
Abelis Carthago’s top wine, Fighting Bulls, is also its toughest to enjoy. There’s overripeness and barnyard on the nose, and thus the prune, black plum and jammy berry flavors that control the palate are not surprising. Big and forceful for sure, but also choppy and incongruent across the palate.
— M.S.
(4/1/2008)
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