DO – Toro
Grape
100% Tinta de Toro
Ratings & Awards
Robert Parker 94
Wine Spectator 91
92 points by WINE ENTHUSIAST
Tasting Notes
The fruit of their partnership is the rich and smooth Campo Eilsero DO Toro, made from 100% Tinta de Toro, a variant of the classic Spanish variety Tempranillo.
–by Official Website
The 2004 Campo Eliseo is opaque purple with a fragrant bouquet of wood smoke, spice box, mineral, black cherry and blackberry that jumps from the glass. This leads to a full-bodied, dense, opulent wine with layers of flavor and emerging complexity. The wine has firm underlying structure and should evolve effortlessly for 5-7 years. It will provide pleasure through 2035.
Campo Eliseo, produced by J. & F. Lurton, is 100% Tinta de Toro sourced from low yielding vineyards averaging 40 years of age. The wine goes through malolactic fermentation in French oak and is then aged for 18 months before being bottled without filtration. A total of 1600 cases were produced in both 2004 and 2005.
-by Robert Parker
A plush texture carries alluring flavors of mocha, boysenberry, tobacco and spice in this oaky, modern red. Muscular tannins are not intrusive, and this turns sweet and chocolaty on the finish. Drink now through 2014.
-by Wine Spectator