This shows a wonderful center palate of dark berries and hints of licorice and lavender. Full yet lively and energetic with polished tannins that give the wine form and texture. Mostly old tempranillo with a a touch of graciano.

The single vineyard 2015 Reserva Unica is one of the few from this estate that's not 100% Tempranillo, as it includes 3% Graciano. Aged two years mostly in French oak (30% new), its deep ruby/purple color gives way to a brilliant wine that's loaded with notions of ripe black cherries, blackcurrants, smoked earth, crushed violets, cigar, and lead pencil shavings. It's rich, full-bodied, has a terrific mid-palate, flawless balance, and a great, great finish. This is a beautiful wine.

The 2015 Reserva Única is Tempranillo with a 2% pinch of Graciano that fermented destemmed with indigenous yeasts selected from their vineyards and matured in oak barrels, 60% French and 40% American, for 24 months including malolactic. This is a reserva from a barrel selection looking for a combination of a more traditional style (balsamic, notes of cigar ash) and the fruit from San Vicente, with intensity. It's medium to full-bodied with some grainy tannins and integrated acidity. It has started developing some complexity and tertiary notes, and my guess it that this should develop in bottle toward a more traditional Rioja profile. They produced 39,457 bottles from a selection of 132 barrels. It was bottled in February 2018.- LG

This red is plush and polished, showing good density to the plum, currant and forest floor flavors, backed by well-integrated tannins and gentle acidity. Rich yet graceful. Tempranillo and Graciano. Drink now through 2030. 3,295 cases made, 1,000 cases imported. — TM