Descendientes Jose Palacios, Villa Corullon other_regions_italy The wine is clearly ready

The wine is clearly ready for prime time drinking

with sweet apricot fruit nicely balanced by ripe but understated acidity

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Seems distinctly cleaner than a bottle of the '98 I tasted last year

Descendientes Jose Palacios, Villa Corullon other_regions_italy The wine is clearly readyThe 2004 Corullon is a more structured effort from hillsdide vineyards. It has fragrant aromatics of flowers, cassis, raspberries, and a touch of minerality. The flavors are precise and concentrated with enough silky tannin to suggest that another 2 3 years of bottle age would allow further evolution. It should drink well for 8 10 years thereafter. This estate was started in 1998 by Alvaro Palacios. It has steep hillside vineyards and 60 to 100 year