2009 | Bodegas Basilio Izquierdo 'B de Basilio' Tinto | Rioja Antologia XLVIII layered fruit

layered fruit

This is actually quite aromatically similar to the Fichots with perhaps just a bit more sauvage character

with an extensive growing season and late-harvest sunshine making for perfect ripening conditions

articulate style that is found in the best 2014s

ripe tannins that do the elegance of Volnay justice

2009 | Bodegas Basilio Izquierdo 'B de Basilio' Tinto | Rioja Antologia XLVIII layered fruitThe 2009 B de Basilio feels quite classical and serious, a little backward and with a nose mixing ripe red and black fruit, sweet spices, smoke and hints of leather. It is quite harmonious, with rustic elegance. The palate is medium bodied, really polished with fine grained tannins that show the hand of a great, classical winemaker. This wine has the stuffing and balance for great development in bottle. 93 Pts Robert Parker