Bardos Romantica (75cl, 14.5%)

Bardos Romantica is a full-bodied, oak-aged red wine from Ribera del Duero DO, Spain, bottled at 14.5% ABV in a 750ml bottle. Bodegas Bardos sources fruit from vineyards at 900 to 1,000 metres in Burgos and Soria, on sandy loam soils with surface boulders and clay at depth. The wine is predominantly Tempranillo, with small portions of Albillo Mayor and Garnacha Tinta. It ferments and macerates for three to four weeks, then ages for 14 months in second-use French and Eastern European oak barrels. The nose shows blackberry, plum, cherry compote, vanilla and baking spice. The palate is full and corpulent, with dark fruit, cocoa, toasted oak, ripe berry flavours and polished tannins. The finish is long and polished, with gentle spice and a memory of black fruit and undergrowth.