Seven Year Itch

ABADIA RETUERTA'S Selección Especial MM, from vineyards in the 'Golden Mile' (Vega Sicilia, Pingus and Alion have plantings here) has a forceful personality. Still purple tinged after some seven years with fresh pressed blackcurrant juice, blueberry muffin notes and a palate suggestive of soft-centred milk chocolate raisined truffles liberated from a wooden box... Effortless value at £8.95 [a back vintage from Noel Young wines].

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