Wine Advocate # 232 - 31st Aug 2017 - Luis Gutiérrez - 2014 Raúl Pérez • La Vizcaína El Rapolao - 94+/100 - $36 - 2017-2024
The 2014 La Vizcaína El Rapolao had a Cabernet Franc-like character that I also found in the 2013, both cold years in the zone. It fermented in a combination of oak and chestnut vats. There are also notes of wild berries and flowers. The palate is serious, with fine-grained tannins and good length. 2014 was not an easy harvest, but somehow his vineyards delivered very balanced grapes and higher yields. Some 3,400 bottles were filled in August 2016. This is the first of the reds to be bottled.