If/then: Tempranillo/The Opulent Side Bodegas Roda 2009 Rioja Roda I ($75) FRU IT Y Hermanos Pérez Pascuas 2010 Ribera del Duero Gran Reserva Viña Pedrosa ($104) T I U R RED F VOLUPTUOUS OR TANNIC I U T Numanthia 2012 Toro Numanthia ($73) Following on the voluptuous side of tempranillo that Roda presents, you may want to check out examples grown in Ribera del Duero, such as the 2010 Viña Pedrosa, or, going even further-and possibly abusing your tolerance for astringency-to a more concentrated and intensely tannic wine from Toro. The Ribera del Duero is full of red fruit flavors and scents of herbs, all held by a firm structure. * Just southwest of Ribera, Toro offers a warmer climate and gravelly soils, a combination that produces some of the most powerful tempranillos in all of Spain. This Numanthia is an archetype of Toro tempranillo: huge, tannic and dense. R F BLACK WINE & SPIRITS FA L L 2 0 17 69