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IMPORTED NEW RELEASES
ies, sourcing from estate-owned vineyards
and from growers on long-term contracts.
This brings graciano and mazuelo into a
blend with 80 percent tempranillo, the vines
between 20 and 50 years old. It's youthful
and fresh, standing tall as an eight-year-old
wine, with cranberry and cassis notes to its
brisk red fruit. Showing the quality of an
exceptional vintage, this will continue to
age well. § Hidalgo Imports, Miami, FL -J.G.
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273368

91 | Viña Vilano

$26

2018 Ribera del Duero Black ^ Let me count
the ways in which this wine is black: in its
spark of black rocky soil, in the darkness of its
blueberry-skin tannins, in the layers of anise,
blackberry and black cherry... It's tight and as
spicy as chorizo, which it would accompany
well. § Misa Imports, Dallas, TX -J.G.
273153

90 | Bodegas Peñafiel

$25

2015 Ribera del Duero Baron de Filar Crianza ^ Clean and fresh, this wine's high-toned
fruit has a light juiciness, bringing to mind
the crunch of cranberries and plums. It's tart,
with an umami note of mushrooms, a wine to
pour with Thanksgiving turkey, or with the
dark meat of roast game birds. § Wine Trust
Cellars, Southbury, CT -J.G.
273131

90 | Bodegas Peñafiel

$35

2014 Ribera del Duero Mironia Reserva ^
Mostly tinto fino (95 percent), with a little cabernet sauvignon, this blend ages in
French oak barrels for 18 months. The fruit
is tense and juicy, the finish a little candied,
lifting the tart bitter-black elements of the
fruit and targeting them at lamb meatballs. §
Wine Trust Cellars, Southbury, CT -J.G.
273144

90 | Bodegas Peñafiel

91 | Viña Olabarri

$22

89 | Campo Viejo

$16

2015 Rioja Reserva ^ There's energy in this
Rioja's scents of piquillo peppers and the
vibrant edge of its fruit, accented, perhaps,
by the graciano that makes up ten percent
of the blend. It's bold, tannic and mouthwatering, a match for those piquillo peppers,
stuffed with ventresca tuna. § Hidalgo Imports,
Miami, FL -J.G.
273318
2014 Rioja Reserva (Best Buy) ^ Oak aging is
what drives this classical Rioja, with smokysweet notes of wood and dusty tannins. The
red fruit is rich enough to sustain that level
of oak, bringing notes of cranberry and mint
to match with roast squab or other game. § Pernod Ricard USA, NY -J.G.

SHERRY
273195

90 | González Byass

$27/375ml

Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Tio Pepe Fino En Rama ^
Master blender Antonio Flores selects wine
from 67 casks for this wine and bottles it en
rama-lightly filtered after three years under
flor. This is nutty, fresh and mineral-driven,
perfect to pop open for fried anchovies and
stuffed peppers. § González Byass USA, Chicago, IL -R.D.T.

URU GUAY RED

273066

$30

92 | Bodega Garzón

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92 | Bodega Garzón

$120

2016 Garzón Balasto ^ This is the top selection from Garzón, named for the weathered

$30

2017 Garzón Single Vineyard Tannat ^ Tight
and formal in its structure, this is a wash of
bright plummy fruit over gentle, chewy tannins. There's a hint of honeyed sweetness to
this fresh Atlantic red, a wine to serve with
roast squab with a cranberry stuffing. § Pacific
Highway Wines, Greensboro, NC -J.G. n

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2011 Rioja Gran Reserva (Best Buy) ^ Established at an old winery in Haro in the 1950s,
Viña Olabarri now works out of two winer-

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$65

2015 Ribera del Duero Miros de Ribera
Reserva Colección Privada ^ Selected from
the winery's estate vineyards in Castrillo de
Duero and aged in French oak for 24 months,
this is a superextracted wine that feels cool
despite its size. The dark red fruit and floral notes make their way through the bacony
richness of the oak to last with an anise-like
spice. Built to cellar. § Wine Trust Cellars,
Southbury, CT -J.G.

93 | Viña Olabarri

rock that underlies the estate's 540 acres of
vines. The estate is close to the Atlantic, 11
miles from the coast. It includes parcels of
tannat (45 percent), cabernet franc (25 percent), petit verdot and marselan. Balasto is
a rich wine in 2016, with bright blueberry
concentration to its fruit flavors, and smoky,
meaty char to its oak. Youthfully tannic, it
needs a few years of bottle age to mellow. §
Pacific Highway Wines, Greensboro, NC -J.G.
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