Opaque ruby. Black and blue fruits, cherry cola and subtle herb, vanilla and floral notes on the spice-tinged nose. Taut and sharply focused, offering very good depth and sappy bitter cherry, cassis and licorice flavors that become sweeter on the back half. Chewy tannins frame the impressively long, energetic finish, which echoes the cherry and floral notes.
The herbal 2015 Mas La Plana is one of the oldest Cabernet Sauvignons from Spain. It's sleek and polished, with varietal character intermixed with a Mediterranean side. The palate is medium to full-bodied with the fine-grained and elegant textbook tannins of the variety. This is from a warm and dry year, and the wine is ripe and powerful but in the Torres style, which is always nicely crafted, balanced and polished. 103,000 bottles and some large formats produced. It was bottled in September 2017.
93 points Luis Gutiérrez robertparker.comAug 2019 Drink 2019-2025