2010 Bodegas Roda Reserva Rioja especially when someone near and

especially when someone near and dear presents you with a lovely Tiramisu or Mango Mousse cake on your birthday

but so elegant and balanced

Extremely crisp and direct but long and really quite powerful

soft and velvety tannins

2010 Bodegas Roda Reserva Rioja especially when someone near andDeep ruby. Deeply pitched aromas of black raspberry and cherry, with complicating notes of rose oil, pipe tobacco and vanilla. Spicy oak nuances emerge with air and carry onto the palate, which displays sappy dark fruit liqueur flavors and hints of mocha and floral pastilles. The expansive, focused, long finish leaves vanilla and spicecake notes behind. The malo occurred in large French oak casks and the wine was then aged in French oak barriques, 40%