Pago De Carraovejas (Tempranillo w/ Cabernet and Merlot)

The 2020 Pago de Carraovejas Ribera del Duero is the most honest reflection of the valley to which it owes its name.  Blend: 92% Tinto Fino (Tempranillo), 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Merlot Professional Ratings 95 Tasting Panel This is among the most serious producers in Ribera del Duero, with sizeable production but utterly meticulous attention to detail. The 2020 release is a blend of 92% Tempranillo, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Merlot. It reveals its Spanish origins with a heady bouquet of spicy, toasty oak, and yet the fruit is much more restrained and mineral, which is consistent with the track record of this wine, which turns stylistically ever more toward fine Bordeaux as it ages. Although it is very enjoyable already, this will become much more complex for those who can cellar it for at least 5 years, with 10 being even more advisable. Better two days after opening, which is telling. 93 Wine Spectator The 2020 Pago de Carraovejas was produced with a blend of 92% Tin