"The 2023 Rioja “Soplar” from Bodega Moraza is done in the old fashioned “clairette” style of Rioja. The wine comes in at 12.5 percent octane and is fairly light in color. It offers up a beautiful, spicy bouquet of red and black raspberries, Rioja spice tones, a lovely base of soil tones, cigar smoke and a touch of clove in the upper register. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied and succulent in personality, with a lovely core of fruit, good soil undertow, only a wisp of tannin and a long, complex and nicely balanced finish. Good juice. 2025-2035."