Bodegas Fariña Dama de Toro Crianza (Toro)

Fact sheet

Type

Red

Grape

Tempranillo

Country

Spain

Region

Toro

Appellation

Toro

Body

full

Acidity

high

Tannin

high

Sweetness

dry

Rated vintages

• 201384 pts

  Funky aromas of wet dog, grapy berry fruits and hickory are sketchy. This feels more baked and flat than lively, while flavors of oaky, creamy berry fruits are mildly green. A thick, oaky finish is more gummy than fresh.

• 201085 pts

  This smells a bit stalky, leathery and warm at first, but airing brings it along. While it's never all that vivid on the nose, it does smell of baked berry and plum. It feels wide and neither tannic nor tough, with lightly herbal, rustic flavors of plum and berry.

• 200988 pts

  Opens with a load of sweet, candied black-fruit aromas but this wine excels on the nose because it's composed and precise for being so young and simple in scope. Velvety, rich black-cherry flavors run the show, and the finish brings length and an herbal shading. Very nice for a…

• 200885 pts

  Mildy green tobacco aromas lead the way along with forest floor, fern notes and standard berry aromas. The palate opens with forceful acidity, while the flavors are a bit underdeveloped as they lean toward blackberry. Mild bitterness is also part of the picture as the wine flatt…

• 200584 pts

  Opens with tolerable green tobacco and green bean aromas interspersed with black-fruit notes and earth. It feels astringent and supertannic, with leathery, herbal berry flavors. Same on the finish, which is rough in feel and tastes herbal.

• 200484 pts

  Opens with black cherry, baked plum and other heavy, semiroasted aromas. The palate is chunky but weak on definition and structure, while the flavors are limited to dry red-apple skins and bland red fruit. Acidic as well, which leads to a washed-out finish.