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The June 2024 Auction: Part 1
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Estimate: $25
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"The Albahra bottling from EnvĂnate is composed entirely of thirty year-old Garnacha Tintorera (or Alicante Bouschet). Fifty percent whole clusters, indigenous yeasts and elevage in old casks are the cellar formula for this outstanding wine. The 2015 Albahra comes in at 13.5 percent octane and offers up a youthfully complex bouquet of black raspberries, lovely spice tones, black cherries, salty soil tones, woodsmoke, a touch of currant leaf, lavender and hints of citrus blossoms in the upper register. On the palate the wine is focused, full-bodied and broad-shouldered, but with better transparency than I recall from the 2013 version a year ago. The core has plenty of stuffing, the tannins are ripe and gently chewy and the finish is long, nascently complex and very well-balanced, closing with plenty of grip and energy. This is a young wine, but it is going to be excellent, and though it may not be qualitatively a big step up from the 2013 version, I like the style better this year. An absolute steal."
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"The Albahra bottling from EnvĂnate is composed entirely of thirty year-old Garnacha Tintorera (or Alicante Bouschet). Fifty percent whole clusters, indigenous yeasts and elevage in old casks are the cellar formula for this outstanding wine. The 2015 Albahra comes in at 13.5 percent octane and offers up a youthfully complex bouquet of black raspberries, lovely spice tones, black cherries, salty soil tones, woodsmoke, a touch of currant leaf, lavender and hints of citrus blossoms in the upper register. On the palate the wine is focused, full-bodied and broad-shouldered, but with better transparency than I recall from the 2013 version a year ago. The core has plenty of stuffing, the tannins are ripe and gently chewy and the finish is long, nascently complex and very well-balanced, closing with plenty of grip and energy. This is a young wine, but it is going to be excellent, and though it may not be qualitatively a big step up from the 2013 version, I like the style better this year. An absolute steal."
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Spain has the largest area under vine of any country and a deep tradition of oak-aged reds. Tempranillo-based wines from Rioja and Ribera del Duero, alongside Priorat's Garnacha and Carinena, anchor its fine-wine reputation.