Light and polished, this red offers cherry, vanilla, spice, tobacco and tea flavors, with light tannins and orange peel acidity. Harmonious, in a lighter, traditional style. Drink now through 2025. 1,500 cases made, 110 cases imported.??–TM??Region: Spain / Ribera del Duero Select to Add

The 2006 Carramimbre Reserva comes from 40-year-old vines in Penefiel that are aged for 24 months in new French and American oak (80% and 20% respectively). The nose has touches of espresso infusing the black fruit, and that really comes through on the palate, which again is dominated by oak, with a rather ersatz-mocha finish. Drink now. Importer: no known US importer.

The 2004 Carramimbre Reserva is the same blend aged for 24 months in one-third new French and American oak. Purple-colored, the nose gives up pain grille, pencil lead, violets, incense, black currant, and blackberry aromas. Muscular and large-scaled on the palate, it is still tightly wound but promising. Give this dense, concentrated effort another 5-7 years of cellaring and drink it from 2015 to 2029. Founded in 1997, Bodegas Pingon has 25 hectares of vineyard, much of it old vines. Importer: Steven Berardi, Elizabeth Imports, Denver, CO; tel. (303) 838-1963