A velvety texture carries ripe, spicy flavors of plum pudding, chocolate, cinnamon and raisin, yet remains firm and fresh, tender and long. A modern style. Drink now through 2013. 1,000 cases imported. –TM

The 2006 Demora is 100% Tempranillo aged for 22 months in 50% new, mostly French oak. Purple-colored, it offers a nose of toasty oak, pencil lead, violets, mineral, and blackberry. Structured, sweetly fruited, but just a bit lean on the mid-palate, it may fill out with several more years of bottle age.