The finale is on the austere side and while this stops short of being strict

50% new oak

Descendientes de Jose Palacios is the name of the Palacios family winery from Rioja in Bierzo

The racy and nicely tension-filled medium weight flavors possess fine depth and persistence on the very dry but not really austere finale

It s utterly seamless on the palate

Wine & Soul, Pintas Vintage:2015 The finale is on theThe 2015 Pintas is a field blend (30+ grapes) from old vines (85+ years) aged for 20 months in 30% new French oak. It comes in at 14% alcohol. When last seen, this was not quite bottled. It's now in bottle and in the USA as well. It still seems pretty brilliant, one of the fine moments of this 2015 vintage. It is elegant in the mid palate, perhaps more so than normalcredit the vintage for that. It shows its oak a bit too much just now, though, and the