"The 2004 Finca El Bosque, on the other hand, shows what Bodegas Sierra Cantabria can achieve in a great vintage. It is sourced from a tiny Tempranillo vineyard (3.66 acres) of the same name planted in 1973. The wine was barrel fermented and then aged for 16 months in new French and Romanian Bordeaux barrels and bottled without filtration. Opaque purple, the wine gives up flamboyant aromas of lead pencil, scorched earth, vanilla, wild blueberry, licorice, and blackberry liqueur. Opulent on the pa...

Rating for Spain-Dominiaciones de Origen (DO)-Rioja: 95 (excellent)<br/><br/>Drinkability: young, aging quickly, could be good now<br/>