Pago Capellanes, Nogal Brut Zero culminating in a firm finish

culminating in a firm finish that evidences dense but fine tannins

green guava and toast plus a little chalk dust

This is a more opulent Margaux

This is clearly quite backward and is going to need most of a decade to arrive at its peak

Pago Capellanes, Nogal Brut Zero culminating in a firm finishThe 2009 Parcela El Nogal is a single vineyard wine from a 13 year old plot called El Nogal (the oak tree) that is fermented in oak vats and carried out its malolactic fermentation in barrique where the wine aged for 22 months in oak. It has a clear animal character, with notes of leather, hung meat, tempera paint, fountain pen ink, licorice and peat with a good layer of oak related aromas on top of the ripe black fruit. The palate is medium bodied,