I feel a bit ashamed that it took me this long to get to such a classic producer from such a classic region. My first whiff of this massive offering was an uppercut of stout new oak. I had a lovely conversation with a few fellow Muga fans over Twitter tonight and Paco de Lucia came up as a musical parallel of melodic potence to what I was getting from this wine and, after thinking about it later, the nose completely takes my brain to what I would envision a brand new Spanish guitar smelling like. Cigar box and smoked dark red fruit round out the powerful bouquet. Hefty tannins, and big sinewy black cherry and charred strawberry remind you this is still something of a baby. Dill and burnt brown sugar notes flesh out the wine. Wine is often an experience-driven liquid and perhaps the good company and good conversation I had while tasting this biased me into the positive, but get a bottle of this and play Paco de Lucia’s ‘Entre Dos Aguas’ (you can find it on YouTube) while drinking it and see if you don’t get transported to a different world. 93+ pts.