The 2002 Museum Crianza was too light and lean to recommend. The 2001 Museum Real Reserva is 100% Tinta del Pais (Tempranillo) from 50- to 60-year-old vines and was aged 24 months in new French oak before being bottled unfiltered. Dark ruby-colored, the wine offers aromas of toast, earth, cinnamon, and red currant. The wine is medium to full-bodied with a solid core of red fruit flavors, light tannin and medium length. It is a bit too one-dimensional to merit a higher score. Importer: Frederick Wildman, New York, NY; tel. (212) 355-0700

This polished red shows lovely sweet, toasty oak, which frames ripe plum and blackberry fruit flavors and gives a light but firm tannic backbone to the almost syrupy texture. Drink now through 2007. 10,000 cases made.??–TM??Region: Spain / Cigales Select to Add

Gets off the blocks with Middle Eastern spice notes of cumin and curry, but later on open-cut wood and vanilla take over. Bold cherry, blackberry and black olive flavors are solid, while the mouthfeel is tannic and rowdy. Possibly too grabby for some, but if you like Tempranillo taken to the extreme this might be your ticket. Imported by Frederick Wildman & Sons, Ltd. ——M.S.(4/1/2006)—— 88