The 2010 Terrer d’Aubert is pure Cabernet Sauvignon with notes of ripe black fruit, black pepper, graphite, shoe polish, leather and peat, with a faint animal note. The palate reveals a serious wine, with the classical fine-grained, abundant tannins of the Cabernet, good tension and persistence. A Mediterranean interpretation of Cabernet. Drink 2014-2018. There are not many new, modern, young wineries in an appellation like Tarragona. Vinyes del Terrer was created in 2003 by the Morell family to produce wines from the grapes planted since 1989 in their estate in Vila Seca, where the argilo-calcareous soils have some chalky rocks with marine fossils that are locally known by the name lumaquella. They believe they have a unique terroir that expresses the Mediterranean climate with the freshness and minerality from the soils. Importer Classical Wines From Spain, Seattle, WA; tel. (206) 297-6713, www.classicalwines.com

Muscular tannins frame dark flavors of smoke, tar and game in this austere red, featuring a core of plum and licorice, with loamy and tobacco notes. Has concentration, but stays tough through the finish. Decant. Cabernet Sauvignon. Best from 2016 through 2022. 1,250 cases made.??–TM??Region: Spain / Tarragona Select to Add