Dense black going through burnt umber to slightly green tinged yellow rim. Very viscous.
Nose
Dense and extremely concentrated; initially pasas (PX raisins) then more complex notes of coffee, treacle, caramel, dried fig, certain age-related austerity, and yet very fruity.
Palate
Lightness of weight is complemented by intensity of flavour; extremely sweet round the edges but with a dry almost burnt or toasted dried fruit core. The treacle and pasas remain in an extremely long finish helped by a decent 5.3 g/l acidity which gives pleasure for ages after the last drop.
Comments
An outstanding wine aged for over 30 years in solera qualifying it as a VORS (Vinum Optimum Rare Signatum). Yes, it is sweet, very sweet (over 400g/l), but look past the sweetness for its amazing complexity. The bodega's chief oenologist Antonio Flores calls this wine "Las lagrimas de Dios" or the tears of God.
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