Vina Sastre, Regina Vides Vintage:2015 opulent and incredibly perfumed beauty

opulent and incredibly perfumed beauty gives up loads of kirsch

after which they are aged in oak barrels for as many as a dozen years prior to being bottled

elegant and airy nose does have a trace of reduction though it is sufficiently in the background as to be almost not worthy of note

But hard work does pay off

Vina Sastre, Regina Vides Vintage:2015 opulent and incredibly perfumed beautyThis time I found more finesse and balance in the 2015 Regina Vides than in their top bottling Pesus. It's still very young and was only bottled in July 2017, after some 18 months in new French oak barrels. I especially noticed the roasted and toasty, smoky aromas from the wood, but those should get better integrated with some more time in bottle. It's a heady and powerful red, but it's better balanced than the other wines from the year, which