Amancio 2017

While not quite up to the level of the 2015, the 2017 Amancio certainly isn't far behind, and I suspect it will be even better with another 3-4 years of bottle age. Sporting a deep purple color as well as a great nose of blue fruits, darker currants, lead pencil shavings, and graphite, it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, nicely integrated acidity, plenty of ripe tannins, and a great finish. It has some smoky oak to integrate yet holds onto a beautiful sense of purity and freshness. It's another brilliant wine from this estate.

Very much the result of the 2017 vintage, showing frost-reduced levels of concentration, Amancio is a pure Tempranillo from a sizable 16.5-hectare parcel in the La Veguilla area of San Vicente de la Sonsierra. Big, bold and intense, with lots of savoury tannins and new mocha wood supported by layers of structured dark berry fruit. 2026-32