COTACIÓN DE LOS VINOS TINTOS DE BODEGAS ARROCAL POR STEPHEN TANZER (23/09/2013)

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Bodegas Arrocal

2012 Arrocal Ribera Del Duero($19) (aged in 80% French and 20% American oak): Deep ruby. Deeply pitched dark berry and spicecake aromas are complemented by a smoky nuance and a touch of vanilla. Sweet and expansive, offering fleshy blackberry and cherry-vanilla flavors and a touch of cracked pepper. Closes sweet and long, with soft tannins and lingering spiciness. 90

2010 Ribera Del Duero Passion($21) (aged in French oak for 12 months): Vivid ruby. Sexy, oak-spiced red and dark berries on the perfumed nose. Shows very good energy and power in the mouth, offering sweet black raspberry and cherry-cola flavors plus a strong note of candied flowers. Closes silky and long, with resonating spiciness and soft, even tannins. This sexy wine is drinking well now and offers superb value. 91

2009 Ribera Del Duero Seleccion($42) (aged in French oak for 15 months): Glass-staining ruby. Smoky, expansive aromas of dark fruit compote, licorice and toasty oak. Round and velvety in the mouth, offering warm blueberry and cherry-vanilla flavors lifted by juicy acidity. Shows a spicy nuance on the clinging finish, which is firmed by ripe, well-integrated tannins. 91

2009 Angel Ribera Del Duero($55) (made from 70-year-old vines and raised for 20 months in new French oak): Vivid ruby. Seductively perfumed bouquet displays spicy dark berries and flowers complicated by smoky minerals, vanilla and allspice. Pliant blackberry and cherry-cola flavors are

impressively fresh, becoming denser and spicier in the glass. At once rich and vivacious, finishing with excellent clarity and gently tannic persistence. 92

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