The 2006 Carroleon is 100% Prieto Picudo sourced from a single estate vineyard and aged for 15 months in new French and American oak. Purple-colored, it offers up a fragrant bouquet of pain grille, damp earth, underbrush, black cherry, and plum. This leads to a medium-bodied, finesse-styled wine with racy red fruit flavors, plenty of spice, leather, and enough stuffing to evolve for 2-3 years. Drink this unique effort from 2010 to 2018. Vinedos y Bodega Pardevalles is located in the new DO of Tierras de Leon, created in 2005. It works exclusively with the indigenous grape variety Prieto Picudo. Importer: Tom George, Frontier Wine Imports, Dover, NJ; tel. (973) 328-4500

The 2005 Carroleon offers a similar profile but is slightly more forward than the 2004 at this point. Importer: Tom George, Frontier Wine Imports, Dover, NJ; tel. (973) 328-4500

The 2004 Carroleon is also 100% Prieto Picudo and was aged for 15 months in new French and American oak before being bottled unfined and unfiltered. Deep crimson-colored, it has an attractive nose of pain grille, mineral, spice box, black cherry, black raspberry, and a hint of chocolate. On the palate the wine offers layers of sweet fruit already beginning to show some complexity, an elegant personality, and enough hidden tannin to suggest that this wine could evolve for several more years. Drink it through 2020. Importer: Tom George, Frontier Wine Imports, Dover, NJ; tel. (973) 328-4500