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This wine was picked up on a work related trip to our neighbouring province of New Brunswick.  We have not seen this wine listed locally but at a regular price of $14 it was too good to pass up. We have a soft spot for Spanish wine, and even more of a soft spot for reasonably price Spanish wine.  This one was checking off a lot of boxes before we even opened it. The nose was very typically Rioja with lots of big ripe fruit and vanilla with earthy tones from time spent in oak.  The stand out that really hit us was raw dark cocoa with maybe a cedar note.  This was a real pleasure to smell. This is a super dark wine...midnight dark.  It is supposedly a blend of Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano, and Mazuelo of some arrangement but whatever it is, it makes for a dark wine.  There look to be some floaters in the glass but we are not sure if that is just bottle debris or crystals or if the wine is just unfiltered either way you can't se...