Jose Gil 'La Canoca', Rioja DOCa, Spain 2020

Smells ‘wide’, and holds its secrets close. Deep, mysterious, the most red note of the parcela wines - plums and boysenberries, with a touch of pimentón and plenty of fennel in the mix. La Conoca has a wonderfully sophisticated palate with fruit, tannin, spice, fleshiness and earthen tones blending beautifully and resolving with a lovely, lilting sweet-sour ripple.