2014 Mauro Crianza
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Opaque ruby. Sexy, oak-tinged red and blue fruits and pungent flowers on the perfumed nose. Concentrated yet lithe as well, offering appealingly sweet Chambord and cassis flavors and subtle bitter chocolate and mocha nuances that emerge with aeration. The floral note comes back on the very persistent, focused finish, which features lingering cola and succulent herb notes. Raised in new and used French and American oak barrels.
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Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
Josh Raynolds
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The red 2014 Mauro is mostly Tempranillo with some 10% Syrah from different vineyards in the villages of Tudela de Duero, Traspinedo, Santibañez and Quintanilla de Onésimo. It matured in oak for some 16 months. 2014 is a serious, balanced year, still a powerful wine but with better integrated oak. In fact, they told me they have started using 4,000-liter oak foudres for the aging of this wine and the oak feels different. There is also some earthiness coupled with the very fine tannins. This is a serious vintage of Mauro, in the house style, with very good freshness. Some 300,000 bottles produced.