Pago Capellanes, Nogal other_regions_italy An exuberantly spicy nose is

An exuberantly spicy nose is composed almost exclusively of various very ripe dark berries and exotic tea scents

The impressively rich and full-bodied flavors possess excellent muscularity while delivering plenty of minerality on the well-balanced and beautifully complex finale

The wines have the purity and clean rusticity of the Cornas from Clape

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fresh lime and almond form the core of a sappy matrix that persists through a vigorously sustained finish

Pago Capellanes, Nogal other_regions_italy An exuberantly spicy nose isThe 2009 Parcela El Nogal is a single vineyard wine from a 13 year old plot called El Nogal (the oak tree) that is fermented in oak vats and carried out its malolactic fermentation in barrique where the wine aged for 22 months in oak. It has a clear animal character, with notes of leather, hung meat, tempera paint, fountain pen ink, licorice and peat with a good layer of oak related aromas on top of the ripe black fruit. The palate is medium bodied,