Grapes: 100% Tinta de Toro
Vintage: 2006
Color: Red
The harvest started early, around September 6 with healthy skins and balanced acidity in the grapes. Less San Roman was produced in 2006 versus 2005, due to very selective harvesting of only best bunches. Given the weather conditions and quality of the fruit this vintage shows great aromatic potential and concentration with refined tannins.
All fruit was hand harvested with different vineyard plots being vinified separately to respect the characteristics of the different
terroirs. The wine was fermented / macerated for 20 days and aged for 24 months in French and American oak barrels of different ages. Bottled without filtration.
San Román shows spicy and herbal depth, elegant and tensile structure, and velvety smooth tannins. In several blind tastings in New York, San Román has repeatedly come out on top, ahead of
Termanthia, Pintia, and all other wines from Toro. Issue 27
Eduardo Garcia Old Vines, Young Children
by Chris Fleming
The Wine Enthusiast
94
Dark, tight and masculine smelling, San Román is once again one of the two or three best wines from Toro. This vintage is black, extracted and super ripe, but it maintains a fine level of balance and more than adequate freshness. Flavors of coconut, vanilla and chocolate announce generous new oak, as does mocha and espresso on the finish. Heady but ready; ageable for another 5–8 years. Top 100 Enthusiast Wines for 2010
Editor's Choice
Issue 2311, November 2010
The Wine Advocate
93
The 2006 San Roman is 100% Tinta de Toro aged for 24 months in French and American oak. Aromas of smoke, incense, scorched earth, espresso, and blackberry jump from the glass. Full-bodied and already revealing some complexity, this opulent offering is packed with succulent fruit and enough structure to evolve for 3-4 years. Drink this pleasure-bent effort from 2013 to 2021 if not longer. Issue 188, April 2010
Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar
92
Inky ruby. Knockout nose combines sweet dark fruit preserves, smoky minerals, vanilla, tobacco and dark chocolate. Suave and velvety but also juicy, with superb inner-mouth perfume and depth to its cherry-vanilla, cassis, violet and smoke flavors. Finishes with compelling sweetness, an echo of floral pastilles and suave tannins. Owner/winemaker Eduardo Garcia told me that "the key to a fresh Toro wine is to have enough clay in your soil to retain water, otherwise the fruit has a roasted character and lacks life." Issue 152, Sept/Oct 2010
Wine Spectator
93
Rich and deep, this plush red shows complex flavors of blackberry, blueberry, dried fig, dark chocolate and licorice. This has full, ripe tannins and a sweet finish. Modern and alluring. Drink now through 2016. A Wine Spectator Insider - November 10, 2010
Issue 3513, December 30 2010
International Wine Challenge
NA
A delicate aroma of ripe blackberries Fresh, oaky, with a rather dry spicy finish. Bronze Medal
2010
