The 2011 Arte de Vivir has a ripe, more opulent bouquet, with lifted kirsch and candied-orange-peel aromas that are well-defined and gain intensity in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with juicy, ripe, saturated tannins. There is plenty of citric fruit infusing the blackberry and raspberry notes with dash of black pepper on the finish. Fine. Drink now-2015. I cannot recollect many winery visits where I have been escorted to a fully equipped recording studio. Still, I cannot recollect many wineries like Bodegas Neo, which is so hip that it must have been modeled on Warhol’s “The Factory” (albeit without drugs and occasional shooting.) Proprietor Javier Ajenjo is a man like me: as passionate about music as wine, although personally I do not organize highly successful music festivals – I just don’t have the time and my back garden is not big enough. I wondered whether the music might be too much of a diversion for Bodegas Neo, but I did not find that to be the case. These are generally soundly made, perhaps in a way, oddly conservative wines that might not be the most complex that you can find in Ribera del Duero, but are delicious in their own way. Search “Yani Como” on Youtube to check out Javier’s band. Importer: Eric Solomon, European Cellars, Charlotte, NC; tel. (704) 358-1565