The 2007 Gran Sangre de Toro Reserva is made up of 60% Garnacha, 25% Carinena, and 15% Syrah aged for 12 months in 20% new oak. Cedar, Asian spices, incense, lavender, black cherry, and blueberry inform the nose of this racy, ripe, stylish red. It will evolve for 1-2 years and offer prime drinking from 2013 to 2019. There was a time, perhaps 35-40 years ago when I was just becoming interested in fine wine, that Torres and Spanish wine were synonymous in the USA. There was Vega Sicilia for the cognoscenti, and a few Riojas floating about for those past the beginner stage, but for most of us there was Torres and it usually delivered the goods at a nice price ($3 for Sangre de Toro). Currently Torres towers over all the table wine producers in Penedes making several million cases plus one million cases of brandy. The winery is a tourist destination with a first-class restaurant. For many years the Torres flagship was the Gran Coronas Black Label, subsequently renamed Mas La Plana. It is produced from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from the Mas La Plana vineyard and aged for 18 months in new French oak. Importer: Dreyfus Ashby & Co., New York, NY; tel. (212) 818-0770