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La Higuera Mayor
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2010 D.O. Gran Canaria, Canary islands, Spain

Distinctly matured, metallic, dried vegetal and slightly malty nose of partly dried mixed berries and a little cherries with soup herb notes and earthy tones. Tart fruit with toasty woody notes, dried peppers, tobacco and earthy tones, slightly minty in the background, dark chocolate and tobacco, some drying tannin, lots of alcohol, slightly cedary and ashy, good, tart, somewhat brittle finish

Best to drink: Trinken. What our ratings mean

Last reviewed: 30 January, 2019
Price: Up to 20.00 € find+buy
Type: Rotwein(Red wine)
Quantity: 0.75 L
Alcohol content: 14.5%
Bottle closure: Synthetic
Maturing: large wood
Registration number: LHM-L:02
wein.plus rating: very good (85 WP)
Last reviewed: 11 September, 2014
Best to drink: Bis 2016+.
Editor note: Translate to English Gereifter, nussiger und etwas blutig-metallischer Duft mit Aromen teils getrockneter schwarzer Beeren, etwas Teer, Jod, Zimt, Süßholz, Zeder und gewürzigen Holzaromen. Recht herbe, entwickelte Frucht im Mund, erdige und getrocknet-kräuterige Aromen, leicht bitterliches und kandiert-nussiges Holz, präsente, ein wenig trockene Tannine, nachhaltig am Gaumen, metallische und erdige Noten, viel Zigarrenkiste, ganz leicht aschig, merklicher Alkohol, auch im Abgang etwas holzig-trocknend und bitterlich.

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