Senor Tobia’s serious intentions are exemplified by his 2006 Alma de Tobia Rosado, a barrel-fermented Rose, produced from 85% Tempranillo, 10% Merlot, and 5% Mazuelo. The wine was aged for 4 months in new French oak. Medium- to dark pink-colored, it offers up an expressive strawberry/rhubarb perfume with toasty oak notes in the background. Ripe, concentrated, dry, and behaving more like a red wine, it has plenty of extraction, lots of flavor, and a 40-second finish. It is quite a tour de force. Drink it over the next 1-2 years. Importer: Thomas George, Frontier Wine Imports, Dover, NJ; tel. (973) 328-4500