Aleva Ribera Del Duero 2021 (750ml) *

Tempranillo grown in Spain's Ribera del Duero, where the grape often goes by Tinto Fino, tends toward dark fruit and firm structure, and this 2021 bottling from Aleva sits squarely in that tradition. The high-altitude reaches of Castilla y León give the region's reds their depth and grip, a red built around ripe fruit and the kind of backbone that rewards a little time in the glass.