Protos Crianza (75cl, 14.5%)

Protos Crianza is a red wine made entirely from Tempranillo, from Ribera del Duero in Spain. Bodegas Protos was founded in 1927 in Peñafiel, Valladolid, and is one of the original bodegas of the Ribera del Duero denomination. The wine is aged in a three-part barrel regime: 33% in new French oak, 34% in one-year-old French and American oak, and 33% in two-year-old French and American oak barrels. On the nose there are ripe blackberry and plum, sweet spice, vanilla and toasted notes, with a subtle leathery undertone. The palate brings rich dark berry fruit, roasted spice, chocolate, raspberry, tar and black pepper, balanced by fresh acidity. The finish is medium-long with sweet spice, dark fruit and toasted oak, with firm yet polished tannins.