Muga, Reserva, Rioja 2001

Red.

Grilled meat, slight coconut, earth, custard/pudding fruit. Great, integrated, complex nose.

Acid-driven, also, in the mouth. Citrus zest chew, earth flavors. Bound up on the finish. Funny, I never thought that Rioja and Barbaresco would be remotely similar. These two are, structurally, in the mouth.

Day 3 - Totally savory nose - grilled meat, custard/pudding fruit, barrel spices. Coconut now folded into the custard theme.
No way this could be mistaken, in any way, with Barbaresco now. Quite pliant in the mouth, with acid/tannin synergy much lighter and later.

$22