Their more approachable wine is the 2016 Veratón, produced exclusively with Garnacha grapes from vines planted in the 1970s and 1980s and fermented with neutral yeasts and matured in new and second use French and American oak barrel for 16 months. This already sets the tone of the house style with plenty of spicy, toasty and smoky aromas, vanilla, coconut, cinnamon, a creamy touch and a round and lush palate with 15% alcohol, abundant tannins and pungent flavors, mostly oak related. It's clean and has a warm and long finish marked by the alcohol. It's difficult to see the variety with all this oak. For fans of ripe oaky reds. 87,600 bottles. It was bottled in July 2018. It seems to evolve quite slowly. - Luis Gutiérrez

Concentrated berry fruit aromas are aided by vanilla and grainy oak scents. A tannic palate is no easy ride due to tannins that bite. Blackberry, chocolate, marshmallow and vanilla flavors finish with a final whack of spicy oak cut by leftover berry freshness. If big, ripe Garnacha is your thing, this should do the trick. - MICHAEL SCHACHNER