Muga Gran Reserva Prado Enea 1995

Medium brick-edged red. Incredibly complex, ethereal aromas of raspberry, currant, tobacco, tar and smoke, with an element of dried fruits. Like an essence of Rioja in the mouth: suave, complex and gripping. Dried berry and plum flavors complemented by smoke and coconut from the oak. Reminded me of a Lopez de Heredia wine but with more body. The wine’s firm structure is perfectly buffered by flesh. Very ripe and very long on the aftertaste. Up there with the great 1991 in quality.

The immediate aromas are of spice and vanilla, but this is delicate and complex too, as notes of tobacco and dried herbs, and red fruits emerge. On the palate there is plenty of bright, juicy, cherry and fresh red plum fruit and again that balance as dark, lush chocolate and coffee notes emerge, playing against juicy acidity and refined tannins.