2008 R. López de Heredia Rioja Reserva Viña Tondonia

Community Tasting Notes (262) Avg Score: 91.0 points

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  5/1/2024 - B_F Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Nose is medicinal cherry, herb, a bit of earth, chocolate. Palate - strawberry, cherry, tobacco, grippy tannins. I think this wine has a lot of life ahead of it. Great now, but probably very good in 5-10 years.

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  4/27/2024 - MaJeKu Likes this wine: 91 Points

  In der Nase viel dunkle Kirsche, etwas Vanille, deutlich Nelke, etwas Pfeffer. Außerdem reichlich Leder und auch etwas Tabak. Mit viel Luft auch etwas frisch-kräutrig. Der Wein braucht insgesamt viel Luft, ich habe ihn mit positiver Entwicklung startend bei „sehr verschlossen“ über zwei Tage getrunken.
  
  Am Gaumen ist das typisch einerseits recht fest und kompakt, dazu kühl, dunkel und vor allem mit sehr hoher, saftiger Säure mit viel Zug ausgestattet. Auch hier ist der Wein sehr dunkel, deutlich dunkel-mineralisch mit viel schwarzem Stein. Es gibt reichlich Tannin, allerdings sehr gut eingebunden und positiv-stützend.
  
  Lang und anhaltend, das macht Freude und ist ein Wein zum Entdecken und Genießen.

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  4/13/2024 - mcflytfc wrote: 89 Points

  Natural cork. Ruby in the glass with a garnet rim. For a lower ABV wine it has quite a bit of alcohol on the nose, floral, and light raisin notes. Medium light body, certainly on the more delicate side of reds, a lot of acidity leading to some tart cherry flavour, tannins are still noticable.

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  4/6/2024 - WhooskeyWine Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Dark garnet hue. Aromas of bramble, cedar, cherry, flint, graphite, leather, oak, plum, strawberry. Medium-plus body, with plus tannins and plus acidity. Integrated, rounded tannins. Drinking well now. 75% Tempranillo, 15% Garnacha, 5% Graciano, 5% Mazuelo.

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  3/18/2024 - ilvineyard Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Classic Rioja. The aroma takes me back to my visits to Rioja.

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