The 2003 Falset Old-Vines is composed of 85% Garnacha and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon aged 12 months in 50% new French oak. Purple-colored, it offers an attractive perfume of scorched earth, toast, spice box, and kirsch liqueur. Mouth-filling, with very good concentration and moderate tannin, the wine is a bit compact in its finish, likely due to the extreme heat of the vintage. A couple of years in bottle may round this wine out. It should drink well through 2013.
Importer: Patrick Mata, Ole Imports, New Rochelle, NY; tel. (914) 576-6120