Maurodos - Prima - Toro - 2014 - 1.5L

Prima is the entry point into Bodegas San Roman, the Toro estate that Mariano Garcia, Vega Sicilia's longtime winemaker, founded under the Maurodos name in 1997. This is the 2014 in magnum: mostly Tinta de Toro with about 10% Garnacha and a splash of white Malvasia, raised in used barriques and oak vats to keep the fruit out front. 2014 was a cool, balanced year, so it drinks fresher than Toro's reputation suggests. A twelve-year-old magnum of serious Spanish red under fifty bucks is the best party math in the shop.