Firm and focused, this red delivers cherry, bramble and smoke notes over firm tannins, kept lively with fresh acidity. Compact but muscular. Drink now through 2014. Tasted twice, with consistent notes. 1,500 cases imported.??–TM??Region: Spain / Tierra del Vi?o de Zamora Select to Add

The 2006 Demora is 100% Tempranillo aged for 22 months in 50% new, mostly French oak. Purple-colored, it offers a nose of toasty oak, pencil lead, violets, mineral, and blackberry. Structured, sweetly fruited, but just a bit lean on the mid-palate, it may fill out with several more years of bottle age. Vina del Cenit lies just outside the boundary of the Toro DO.Importer: Jorge Ordonez, Fine Estates From Spain, Dedham, MA; tel. (781) 461-5767

Savoury, fleshy notes dominate. Leathery, tough, ripe-mouthfeel - the fruits are ripe and full-bodied.