Viña Magna Reserva 2020

Every bit as good as the breakthrough 2019 release, this is a beautifully judged assemblage of Tinto Fino with 10% each of Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Merlot. Wonderfully scented and stylish, this is a wine that carries its 100% new wood lightly, with leafy top notes, coffee bean oak, granular tannins and flavours of cassis, blackberry and orange zest. Superb winemaking from Ángel Calleja. 2025-35. 

Deep, concentrated nose with dark berries, pepper spices, violets and chalk on the nose. The profound fruit is rather intact and detached from the classy oak spices, showing a pinch of licorice. Full-bodied, flavorful and very fine-grained on the palate with masses of powdery tannins and a lengthy finish that lasts almost a minute. Drinkable now, but better after another two years. (Zekun Shuai).