88
points
Volver 2008 Tempranillo (La Mancha)
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$16
Dark as night and thick, with heavy, modern aromas of shoe polish, bacon and ripe, roasted black fruits. The feel is concentrated and healthy, while the flavors run very ripe and dark, with plenty of oak thrown in. Finishes rich, with bacon, resin, black pepper and some burn. Seems more jacked up than its listed 14.5% alcohol.
— M.S.
(10/1/2010)
88
points
Volver 2005 Red (La Mancha)
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$16
Purple as they come, with extracted aromas of boysenberry, blackberry, maple and bacon. It’s a wide, flush wine with bulk, 14.5% alcohol and savage flavors of blackberry and smoky BBQ. Definitely for fans of big, modern Spanish wines; Old World enthusiasts will probably call it “too modern” and overdone.
— M.S.
(4/1/2009)
85
points
Volver 2007 Tempranillo (La Mancha)
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$16
Dark, fiery, forceful and woody, with aromas of sawdust atop black fruit. The palate is zesty, lively and hard, with biting tannins raising up flavors of blackberry and pepper. Acidic, rough and tough, but with good flavors and a decent amount of integrity.
— M.S.
(6/1/2010)