Dominio del Aguila 'Canta La Perdiz', Ribera del Duero, Spain 2018 Château Prieuré-Lichine Dark tannins and spice hint

Dark tannins and spice hint at the finely judged structure

with the wine’s velvet tannins

The inclusion of Sémillon

Understated class

98 Pts Jeb Dunnuck

Dominio del Aguila 'Canta La Perdiz', Ribera del Duero, Spain 2018 Château Prieuré-Lichine Dark tannins and spice hintThe 2018 Canta la Perdiz feels like a more rustic version of the 2016, with earthiness and abundant tannins and more backward than the approachable and juicy 2019 I tasted next to it. It fermented with full clusters and indigenous yeasts in concrete vats followed by a slow malolactic in barrel and 37 months in those barrels. The wine is still a little oaky, spicy and smoky, with good ripeness, 14. 5% alcohol, good freshness and balance and abundant