lemon peel and a plenitude of Chablis character where only a hint of exotic fruit is in evidence

muscular and stony large-scaled flavors that brim with dry extract on the firmly structured and compact finale

but proprietor Larry Turley and his winemaker

vital and finely spicy

Pago Capellanes, Nogal Brut Zero lemon peel and a plenitudeThe 2009 Parcela El Nogal is a single vineyard wine from a 13 year old plot called El Nogal (the oak tree) that is fermented in oak vats and carried out its malolactic fermentation in barrique where the wine aged for 22 months in oak. It has a clear animal character, with notes of leather, hung meat, tempera paint, fountain pen ink, licorice and peat with a good layer of oak related aromas on top of the ripe black fruit. The palate is medium bodied,