2012 Baltos Mencia
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The entry-level red 2012 Baltos is old vine Mencía fermented in 25,000-liter stainless steel vats and aged for six months in a mixture of French and American used barrels. It feels very ripe (for the vintage) and a little advanced (for its age), with notes of damsons and cooked apples with cinnamon thrown in. The palate is medium-bodied, with sweet spice flavors and ripe black fruit, with a commercial profile. It feels like the nose is more advance than the palate. 80,000 bottles produced.
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Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
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The entry-level red 2012 Baltos is old vine Mencía fermented in 25,000-liter stainless steel vats and aged for six months in a mixture of French and American used barrels. It feels very ripe (for the vintage) and a little advanced (for its age), with notes of damsons and cooked apples with cinnamon thrown in. The palate is medium-bodied, with sweet spice flavors and ripe black fruit, with a commercial profile. It feels like the nose is more advance than the palate. 80,000 bottles produced.||Dominio de Tares seems to be slowly limiting the oaking of their wines. eRobertParker.com.January, 2015