Penalba Herraiz Aptus, Ribera del Duero Red

The Aptus Tinto from Bodegas Peñalba Herraiz is composed of a blend of ninety five percent Tempranillo and the other five percent a mix of Garnacha and Monastrell, with the vineyards farmed organically. The wine offers up a nose of backed red and black cherries, a bit of apricot, chocolate, a bit of coffee grounds, soil and a discreet foundation of cedar oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full bodied and reasonably balanced for its octane, with a good core of fruit, moderate tannins and just a touch of backend heat on the long finish.

Winery: Bodegas Penalba Herraiz
Appellation: Ribera del Duero
Average age of vines: 56-63 years
Farming Methods: Organic - Certified | Biodynamic
Maturation: Aged between 8-11 months in used, 80% French and 20% American oak barrels
Soil: sand and gravel with clay at lower elevations
Varietal: 95% Tempranillo, 5% Garnacha and Albillo Mayor (White)
Vineyard Orientation: 800 meters
Vineyard Size: 9.27 hectares

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Penalba Herraiz Aptus, Ribera del Duero Red 2020	91 Wine Enthusiast Dark violet in the glass, this wine offers a nose of black currant and anisette. Flavors of black cherry and blackberry with notes of dark chocolate, coffee bean, clove and eucalyptus are framed by plush tannins that last into an enduring finish. Best Buy. 92 Wine Review Online Biodynamically grown and aged for just 9 months in used barriques, this is a wine that’s evidently intended to display pure primary fruit — which it does, and brilliantly. To emphasize “pure primary fruit” as I have done here runs the risk of suggesting that the wine is simple (which it is not) or unstructured (which it is not). On the contrary, the wine is impressively complex despite its youthfulness, but the complexities are nuances in the fruit as grown in the vineyard rather than derived from cellar treatments. Moreover, the wine has very good acidity and tannic structure, but these components are so well integrated with the fruit’s character that they don’t come across as distinct elements unless one is tasting critically and trying to focus on them. In sum, this is utterly delicious young wine that should be credited for exactly those attributes — rather than being regarded as just “good” because it isn’t overly pushy or in need of a decade of cellaring. 90 OwenBargreen.com 2020 Aptus Ribera Del Duero- The 2020 Aptus is a nicely concentrated effort, with forward black fruit and chocolate flavors that a mingle well with dusty soil accents on the palate. Enjoy now. Drink 2023-2029. 90 View from the Cellar The 2020 Aptus Tinto from Bodegas Peñalba Herraiz is produced from a cépages of ninety-five percent Tempranillo and the other five percent a mix of Garnacha. The 2020 vintage comes in at 14.5 percent octane this year and delivers a lovely, complex nose of red and black cherries, dark chocolate, cigar wrapper, a good base of soil and a nice framing of cedary new oak. On the palate the wine is deep, ripe and full-bodied, with a fine core of fruit, firm, buried tannins, good focus and a long, well-balanced and gently warm finish. This is a good bottle in the making, which I would love to have seen just a touch lower in alcohol, but that is the nature of global warming in Ribera del Duero these days. 2028-2055.	Bottle Image Label Image Shelf Talker Tech Sheet
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