The 2005 Palomero is 100% Tinta Fino sourced from a single vineyard with vines over 80 years of age. It was aged for 23 months in new French oak before bottling without fining or filtration. Opaque purple-colored, it offers an excellent nose of toasty new oak, mineral, and black fruits. On the palate, the wine is tightly wound, brooding, and tannic. There is plenty of fruit but whether it will come into balance or stay hard and austere remains to be seen. This is not a wine for the risk-averse.Importer: Aurelio Cabestrero, Grapes of Spain, Lorton, VA; tel. (571) 642-0343