2018 Bodegas Trus Ribera del Duero Crianza 750ML

Red Wine from Castilla y Leon, Spain

The great red wines from Ribera del Duero, Spain rival the finest big reds in the world. Ribera del Duero is like the Napa Valley of Spain. If you like big, full-bodied reds of the highest caliber whether from Napa, Bordeaux, Tuscany you have to try this wine. For $28.99 you will hard pressed to match this wine from anywhere. This wine blew me away! I kept going back for more. Open this wine and serve around s dinner table and before you know you will be opening another bottle. The wine has I call spectacular drinkability. The 2018 Trus Ribera del Duero Crianza received a huge 96pts by Decanter plus 93pts by Wine Spectator and our price is strong.  Trus – an acronym for T-tierra (soil), R-roble (oak), U-uva (grape), S-sol (sun) – aims to reflect the uniqueness of each vintage, the aging potential of the wine in the bottle over the years. Spain’s Ribera del Duero region boasts some of the highest vineyards in Europe. Trus is drawn from five sites at around 2,600 feet in elevation. Trus is the brainchild of Javier Palacios. He hires two great visionaries:  Pedro Parra, one of the world’s leading experts on terroir and Alberto Antonini, one of the world’s great winemakers, was the head winemaker for Antinori, now makes wine all over the world. Made from 40-year-old vines, the wine balances power and elegance in perfect proportions. The wine is drinking superbly, perfect for the fall and winter ahead. Definite case buy, you will be opening a second bottle before you know it.