Benjamin Romeo Vintage:2015

Benjamin Romeo Vintage:2015The one varietal Garnacha, the 2015 Coleccin N 4 Garnacha de La Dehesa is a single vineyard red from a plot planted in 1900 on sandy soils. It fermented with indigenous yeasts in oak vats and matured in new French oak barrels, including malolactic, for 18 months. This is more like a Priorat that a Garnacha from Gredos; it's dark, powerful, ripe and concentrated, with aromas of shoe polish and licorice. The palate is full bodied, and the wine is

graphite and sous-bois

They're planted to similar clones

Larner vineyard (Ballard Canyon)

9 cases imported

These conditions worked for Merlot and Cabernet Franc

Lacks a little bit of definition

“we didn’t have to correct acidity at all

intense and muscular largescaled flavors possess excellent power before culminating in a stony and hugely long finish where the only nit is a touch of warmth

600 cases produced

While distinctly different from the Santa Cruz Mountain releases

Long and fine finish

fresh and classic in style with an earthy and quite persistent finish