Viña Jaraba Cosecha by Pago de la Jaraba 2021

“The 2021 Tinto “Cosecha” from Viña Jaraba is crafted from a blend this year of eighty percent Tempranillo and ten percent each of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. It comes in at 13.5 percent octane and is aged in a combination of eighty percent American oak and twenty percent French oak barrels for four months. It offers up an excellent aromatic constellation of cassis, cigar wrapper, a nice touch of Tempranillo spice tones, dark soil and vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, velvety, focused and fairly complex, with good depth at the core, modest tannins and a long, well-balanced and gently new oaky finish. This is really an outstanding wine for its price point.”

John Gilman, View from the Cellar, January/February 2023