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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.4 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 352 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by PourSomeRed on 4/14/2024 & rated 94 points: Really good. Might be at its peak. Lot of sediment. 1 hour decant. (464 views) | | | Tasted by nickuk on 4/12/2024 & rated 94 points: 2004 Numanthia. Finally! Bottle 9 of 12 and it is in the zone……integrated and no longer too big and almost port like. The fruit is still there after 20 years, but now as part of a harmonious mouthful. One hour in decanter and away we go in Zalto Bordeaux. Now I need to try the last three a couple of years apart to see how it progresses but mmmmmm not sure I can wait too long. (428 views) | | | Tasted by mjf@ulkner on 3/2/2024 flawed bottle: badly corked (922 views) | | | Tasted by Simba-wine on 3/2/2024 & rated 97 points: What a blockbuster!
Trying to decant this was hard work!
The sediment was more than any 1960/70/80 Bordeaux blockbuster I ever had!!!
But once you are thru this the wine is superb and on apex!
The wine is full body with dark fruit, some minimal oak, dark crushed rocks, and a silky smooth nearly Napa Cab like texture!
This all from Toro for a dollop of the price of many others. You just need to be able to be patient. Drank way too many young and due to that my last bottle!
On apex - 2034
97p (875 views) | | | Tasted by AP MD on 2/9/2024 & rated 97 points: Drank this at a restaurant in the Caymans with a fantastic wine list - The Grand Ole House. Lisa - the Sommelier was awesome!!
Decanted the wine for about 30 minutes and then 30 more in the glass. Nose was full of dark berries, cigar and leather. Very full of red fruit and coffee. Long finish. Great balance and structure. (966 views) | | | Tasted by neilsforest on 7/15/2023: Decanted for c2 hours. Good nose , big full bodied wine. Presents well with good length. Seems to have plenty of life length. A lovely wine Many will like this with a main course meat dish. Interesting and good value for a 2004 vintage (2091 views) | | | Tasted by nickuk on 4/14/2023 & rated 90 points: Smooth, full if still a bit tannic. Great wine with tapas meatballs in garlic/tomato sauce - best yet of my case with five to go. Let’s see again in 2025 ..... it feels like it will see 30 easy (2623 views) | | | Tasted by Ricky99 on 3/9/2023 & rated 92 points: Drank in FL with some great ribeye steak. Everyone loved it. Its a beautiful mature wine at this point. (2714 views) | | | Tasted by forceberry on 2/27/2023 & rated 92 points: 100% Tinta de Toro from over 100 ungrafted, non-irrigated parcels aged between 70 and 100 yo located in the villages of Valdefinjas, Toro and El Pego. The fully destemmed fruit is cold-soaked with the skins for more than a week followed by fermentation and maceration over a period of 21 days. Aged in new French oak barrels for 19 months. 14,5% alcohol.
Dark, very slightly translucent and subtly evolved black cherry color with a faint brick-red hue towards the rim. The nose feels powerful, quite ripe and nuanced with concentrated aromas of wizened dark plums and ripe figs, some toasty notes of mocha oak, a little bit of blackberry jam, light volatile undertones of balsamico and medicinal ether, dried-fruit hints of raisins and dried dates and a touch of antique furniture. The wine feels dense, chewy and quite sinewy with a full body and rather robust flavors of wizened black cherries and ripe blackberries , some woody notes of oak, a little bit of extracted bitter tones, sweet hints of prunes or even plum liqueur and a touch of peppery spice. The high alcohol lends some obvious heat to the palate and the combination of rather high acidity and quite assertive, moderately drying tannins make the wine feel firm balanced and pretty structure-driven. The finish is long, robust and quite warm with rather grippy tannins and a bold aftertaste of prunes and cherry marmalade, some extracted woody bitterness, a little bit of roasted game, light chocolatey notes of toasty mocha oak, a hint of wizened dark plums and a touch of balsamic VA.
For such a big, ripe and muscular wine, this turned out to be a surprisingly balanced and enjoyable effort. Normally these Numanthia wines are just way too big, ripe and overdone wines for my palate, but here one can find enough acidity and firmness to keep the sense of structure in the focus, and the fruit department doesn't feel too ripe, sweet and pruney in character. The alcohol feels a bit too high, lending a rather hot and boozy feel to the wine - but I guess that is something you can't avoid with the wines of Toro. Can't say I loved the wine, but this was still one of the best vintages of Numanthia we tasted in our 2011-1998 vertical and quite an impressive wine in its own right. I feel the wine might not just keep, but even continue to evolve for a number of years more, but I really don't feel like the wine is going to improve much from here - I'd say the wine has reached its apogee now, at approx. 20 years of age. Probably better to drink up sooner rather than later. (2206 views) | | | Tasted by Kriz on 1/1/2023 & rated 90 points: Big wine. Don't serve it too warm because the present alcohol on the nose. Big palate, needs food to show. There's ripe black fruit on the palate but overall it's all too much. Not for me.. (2575 views) | | | Tasted by Winefeld on 12/16/2022 & rated 94 points: 45 min decant. Tobacco, cedar, violet, moss, rooibos, cherry, vanilla. Well balanced with good harmony between oak, Earth and fruit. Gained steam throughout course of the bottle. Drinking beautifully with 5-7 year window. Very nice. (1978 views) | | | Tasted by cdunn on 11/9/2022: Corked. Highly disappointing. (2280 views) | | | Tasted by spendergast on 10/16/2022 & rated 96 points: This wine continues to drink very well - my last tasting was about a year ago and this wine is better than ever. Decanted 1.5 hrs. Dense purple color with dense core of dark fruit - black raspberry, tart black cherry, cassis with notes of graphite and cedar. Very long finish with well integrated tannins. This wine has a really nice mouthfeel and long finish. Long way to go. (2103 views) | | | Tasted by Philip67 on 6/4/2022 & rated 94 points: Powerful deep and intense earthy blackberry fruit. Beyond an earthiness that was also there when it was young and perhaps a touch of leather this is still a primary wine. powerful structure is well integrated. Medium to full bodied. Lovely mouthfeel. Long finish with good complexity. Drink now but will last another 5 to 10 years. (2791 views) | | | Tasted by maxima on 5/3/2022 & rated 92 points: Bien en forme, il ira loin celui-là.
Belle matière, bien nourri et assez corsé.
Fruits noirs, épices et herbes avec une belle
finale bien longue sur des relents de tabac.
Savoureux et complexe. (3065 views) | | | Tasted by ThijsV on 4/8/2022 & rated 93 points: Deep garnet red, with medium+ intensity aroma's of blackberry, black currant, black plum, stewed black fruit, kirsch, cranberry, vanilla. Dry, with medium+ acidity with medium finely engrained tannins.
High alcohol, full bodied, medium+ intensity and long finish. Still at a great place and probably for at least 5-7 more years (2698 views) | | | Tasted by JamF on 3/6/2022 & rated 96 points: Deep red with powerful nose of berries and dark fruits. The entry is smooth with silky tannings, voluptuous body with explosions of dark fruits, vibrant youth, strong acid backing, long finish. Could be left in the cellar for another decade or so. (2948 views) | | | Tasted by spendergast on 2/12/2022 & rated 95 points: Decanted 2 hrs. Dense purple color with dense core of dark fruit - black raspberry, cherry, cassis with notes of graphite and cedar. Very long finish with well integrated tannins. (2954 views) | | | Tasted by pablor on 12/12/2021 & rated 95 points: After three years went back to this wine, This time from a Magnum. Not too much to add to previous note here, just that I reaffirm this wine needs at least 4 hours of breathing . This time I gave it just 2 hours in decanter thinking that the three extra years should have dented the robust tannins/acidity but no (I didn’t factored in adequately the magnum effect which slows the aging process), and the last glasses after 1 hour more of air were the ones with a 95 score. Not showing signs of aging; at least from this magnum, so I guess still at least 10 more years of drinking window (2934 views) | | | Tasted by honest bob on 11/28/2021 & rated 94 points: From 75cl, perfect cork, decanted 90 minutes off big, slimy deposit. Still dark, just a hint of bricking at the rim; immense concentration evident at the first sniff; not particularly unctuous, but packed full of extract which makes for a dense texture on the entry; massive dark spice, blueberry, darkest purple-red X-berry fruit, lively but not overwhelming acidity; finish packed full of ripe tannins. This was absolutely delicious with beef stew, and showed no sign of overt sweetness (unlike many a "premium" Australian Shiraz lately tasted, so that comparison falls flat), nor overripeness (so more obese C9dPape and lookalikes also don't fit). How about just welcoming this for what it is, a stunning Toro from a great year and a highly accomplished producer, just edging into maturity? I loved it, anyway, and look forward to working my way though my remaining 5 bottles over the next decade+. 94+P (3053 views) | | | Tasted by MRichman on 11/5/2021: Silky, suave wine. Lots of plum, tobacco, blueberry fruit. Big fruit with good resolved tannins, gritty grip, earth. This is a big wine, tons of fruit. Really nice, modern huge wine that's not too sweet. Fully mature and in a great place, peak drinking. I don't think it'll get any better, but should hold here for a few years, I'd say drink by 2025. (3073 views) | | | Tasted by sirpat00 on 9/25/2021 & rated 93 points: From magnum. Cherry fruit, red berry compote, herbal notes along with concentrated, sweet notes that are finely built into the bouquet. Also a bit meaty and aging notes of leather and earth. Pretty well balanced. This probably at its peak currently and drinks really nicely. (3426 views) | | | Tasted by Stefan75 on 8/26/2021 & rated 91 points: From Mag, holding strong, a bit rustic (which I did not expect) or maybe drying out a little? In any case goes very well with BBQ. (3734 views) | | | Tasted by rgawlowski on 7/25/2021 & rated 92 points: Very good food wine, especially with red meat; expressive; good fruit, but not too forward; great nose and balance. (3234 views) | | | Tasted by Philip67 on 5/15/2021 & rated 94 points: Big rich satisfying wine. Huge intensity and depth of dried black fruits. Huge tannin gives a dry finish, along with a healthy slug of acidity. Tertiary cedar and spice. Persistent and complex. Drink now as fruit balances the considerable structure. Once the fruit recedes this may fall out of balance. (3384 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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JebDunnuck.com, Up From the Cellar and Misc. New Releases (12/12/2017)
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Vinous, September/October 2007, IWC Issue #134
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Wine Library TV, Blind Wine Tasting and Top $50 Wines., Episode #131 (11/20/2006)
(NUMANTHIA TORO) #3; COLOR-very dark; NOSE-obvious smokiness, smoked ham covered w/ cherry coke; TASTE-really intense blackberry, little more Old World, very dry, complex, young, nice black cherry, good firm tannins, silky smooth, oak on the finish; a little young; WS-92; GV-90+ 90+ points |
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| Bodega Numanthia Producer websiteSpain Vinos de España - Wines of Spain (Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior) | Wikipedia
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Spain is the third largest wine producing nation in the world, occupying the majority of the Iberian Peninsula with vast diversity in climate, culture, and of course, wine. From inky, dark reds of the [Priorat] to dry, white Finos from Andalusia, Spain can easily boast of elaborating a wide variety of notable styles. Within Spain there are currently 62 demarcated wine regions, of which a handful have gained international recognition: [Rioja], Priorat and [Ribera del Duero]. Yet these regions are only a small sample of the high quality wines Spain produces. Regions such as Cava, Penedes, Somontano, Galicia, Rueda and Jerez are only a few of the numerous regions worthy of exploration throughout Spain. Spain can also lay claim to having the most land under vine in the world, growing up to, by some accounts, 600 indigenous varietals of which Tempranillo is their most well known. Other popular varietals include [Garnacha], Bobal and Monastrell for reds and for whites; the infamous [sic] Palomino Fino grape which is used in the production of sherry wine, Pedro Ximenez in Montilla Morilles, Albarino used in the creation of the bright, effervescent wines of Galicia, and Verdejo in Rueda. - Source: - Catavino.net
Spain is not in the forefront of winemaking for its dessert wines, other than for its sweet wines from Sherry country including the highly revered Olorosos (when sweetened). But apart from Sherry Spain has a range of styles of dessert wines, ranging from the those made from the Pedro Ximenez grape primarily in Jerez and Montilla-Moriles) to luscious, red dessert wines made in the Mediterranean from the Garnacha (Grenache) grape. Some good Moscatels are made in Mallorca, Alicante and Navarre. The northwest corner of Spain, Galicia, with its bitter Atlantic climate, is even making dessert wines, called “Tostadillos” in the village of Ribadivia (similar to France’s “Vin de Paille”). The Canary Islands have made interesting dessert wines for centuries (they are mentioned by Shakespeare, for example) and in recent years the quality of winemaking has been improved and the Canary Islands wines are being better marketed now. The winemaking styles for “Vinos Dulces” are also diverse, from “Late Harvest” (Vendimia Tardía) to “Fortified Wines” (Fermentación Parcial). Based on in-spain.info.Castilla y León Castilla y León Wine (Turismo Castilla y León )Toro Wines of Toro |
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