Castro Ventosa Valtuille La Cova de la Raposa 2015

There was a volatile whiff in the 2015 Valtuille La Cova de la Raposa that somehow lifted it up. This is a south-facing plot, not that common in Valtuille, with compacted sandy soils where ripeness can be high and tends to be the first plot to be harvested. So the challenge here is to keep the freshness. It has a profile that reminded me of a powerful red from the Douro in Portugal. There are some dusty tannins that might require some time in bottle and/or powerful food. Some 900 bottles.