Vina Sastre, Regina Vides Size:6x750ml there was no frost in

there was no frost in the vineyard in 2017

Deep purple-black in color

It's a textbook example

10% Tinta Roriz and 10% Tinto Cão

This youthfully austere effort is classic Rugiens and as such will need at least a decade of patience and probably more like 12 to 15 years of it

Vina Sastre, Regina Vides Size:6x750ml there was no frost inThis time I found more finesse and balance in the 2015 Regina Vides than in their top bottling Pesus. It's still very young and was only bottled in July 2017, after some 18 months in new French oak barrels. I especially noticed the roasted and toasty, smoky aromas from the wood, but those should get better integrated with some more time in bottle. It's a heady and powerful red, but it's better balanced than the other wines from the year, which