Epoch’s 2018 Tempranillo is a diversion from past bottlings – it has spent an extra nine months in oak, totaling 29 months overall, to help tame its tannins before they begin to age in your cellar. With its extra time in barrel, cigar box character abounds and is mixed with sweet tobacco, ripe red cherry, vanilla, roasted herb, sweet earth, and forest floor. A few hours in the decanter or several years in your cellar are a must before partaking on this structured journey across the palate that only Tempranillo can provide. You can feel the architecture of this wine and watch it soften as you check in on it over the next decade.