Diez-Caballero Vendimia Seleccionada 2017

The 2017 Vendimia Seleccionada seems like a triumph over an adverse vintage like 2017. The wine is riper, but it seems like a soft vinification made it find a nice balance, with a more modern and perfumed profile. It's a selection from their oldest vines in Elciego that fermented with indigenous yeasts and matured in French barrique for 15 months. It's sold with a generic back label without entering into Crianza or Reserva denominations. This is drinking well now. It was bottled in May 2019. - Luis Gutiérrez. 

This is very, very ripe – almost too much. Still, I think it’s just about within the limits. Dark-cherry compote, resin, iodine, hot stones, treacle tart and vanilla. Full-bodied and massive on the palate, but with just enough restraint to the tannins. Drink in 2025.