LEDA, CASTILLA Y LEON, VINAS VIEJAS 1998 Cider and the wine’s chalky core

and the wine’s chalky core shows itself in a clinging

the Malbec is not used in the Grand Vin

muscular and still compact

Extreme intensity

dark raspberry liqueur and whiffs of earth and underbrush

LEDA, CASTILLA Y LEON, VINAS VIEJAS 1998 Cider and the wine’s chalky corebase of neck 92 points CellarTracker Member Drank from magnum, no decant. Purplish color, darker than expected, no discernible bricking. Nose of dark fruits, some leather too. Medium bodied, plenty of fruit, still fairly tannic and nicely structured wine. Some tertiary elements showing earth & meat, but leather mostly; the concentration of black fruits was the most noticeable aspect of this wine to me. As I recall, this was somewhat of a modern style