Pago Capellanes, Nogal Brut Zero green guava and toast plus

green guava and toast plus a little chalk dust

brooding aromas of black and blue fruits

Blackish crimson

culminating in a firm finish that evidences dense but fine tannins

The 2009 Barolo Riserva Vecchie Viti dei Capalot e delle Brunate (tasted in magnum) shows deep espresso and coffee notes at the outset that transform to dark fruit and sweet dark fruit

Pago Capellanes, Nogal Brut Zero green guava and toast plusThe 2009 Parcela El Nogal is a single vineyard wine from a 13 year old plot called El Nogal (the oak tree) that is fermented in oak vats and carried out its malolactic fermentation in barrique where the wine aged for 22 months in oak. It has a clear animal character, with notes of leather, hung meat, tempera paint, fountain pen ink, licorice and peat with a good layer of oak related aromas on top of the ripe black fruit. The palate is medium bodied,