Algueira Ribeira Sacra (Spain) 2004

Red.

Gamey, spicy nose, hint of red fruit. Smells like something from the Languedoc.

Medium to light-weight impression, acid-driven, with little oak-influence showing (label says 12 months in French).
Iron, light red cherry and spice in the mouth. Intriguing. I imagine food-pairing geeks would love this.

100% Mencia, and completely different from anything I've had from Bierzo.

Day 3 - This has deepened considerably - now doing the meat and potato skin thing I've gotten from Palacios' Petalos bottling.

$23