Triton Tinta de Toro (75cl, 15%)

A full-bodied Spanish red wine from Bodegas Vatan, made from 100% Tinta de Toro and bottled at 15% ABV in a 750ml bottle. The 2022 vintage scored 93 points from James Suckling. The wine comes from ungrafted vines averaging 79 years old in the Toro DO. Grapes are sorted and destemmed without crushing, then fermented as whole berries in open-top vats with a natural yeast starter, with six to eight days of maceration and 12 months in barrel. The nose opens with blackcurrant, cassis, crushed violets, dark berries, roasted coffee beans, graphite and cigar box. The palate has plum, blackberry, blueberry, dark chocolate, licorice and crushed rocks, with smooth tannins. The finish is long with dark fruit, cocoa and flinty minerality.