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| Community Tasting Notes (average 94.5 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 10 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by David J Cooper on 11/4/2019 & rated 93 points: Medium light red, with brown edges. Funky, a bit musty as well, red fruit, cherry and berry and some old oak and earthiness. Nice aged wine flavours and a bit of a dried out finish.
Seemed like maybe early 90s. Very good showing. (1096 views) | | | Tasted by TheSauerKraut on 5/20/2019: Probably a bit past peak, but smooth and tasty. (970 views) | | | Tasted by Gunakadeit on 5/11/2019 & rated 93 points: Nose is tropical fruit reduction, sweet vanilla, and a hint of leather. Nice acidity, light bodied. On the palate, strawberry rhubarb, coconut, tangy red berries, brown sugar. (938 views) | | | Tasted by Gunakadeit on 4/12/2019 & rated 94 points: Echoing some recent notes, this was a real pleasure. Fresh, with nice acidity. Gobs of sweet vanilla and tropical flavors; earth. Nose is intoxicating. (977 views) | | | Tasted by robmatic on 3/12/2018 & rated 95 points: Meat, teriyaki, and coconut stand out among a huge and complex bouquet. Seamless, mature oak with plenty of vanilla and tropical flavors mingling with soft tannins and juicy acidity. Quite powerful for its age and holding together marvelously. Extracted and deep, a great joy to drink. (1421 views) | | | Tasted by ericindc on 2/24/2018 & rated 98 points: wow wine! Cork had a little old seepage, but the fill was really good. Boom! Just everything you want in an older Rioja. Nose was all decaying leaves, earth, mushroom, and faded fruit. Wine was medium bodied, great acidity, with tannins integrated yet still giving structure. Taste was amazing, all the oak was integrated perfectly - totally unobtrusive, and in a great place with powerful aged fruits, earth, mushroom, hints of vanilla, leather with some hints of mint. Fantastic wine for the entire 5 hrs of the dinner. Based on this bottle, this can hold for a long time. (788 views) | | | Tasted by Vintage82 on 1/2/2015: Dusty with a little dried ham and spice from a less than perfect bottle (slight SOLD and TS fill). Very enjoyable with pork and black eyed peas on the last night of 2014. (1936 views) | | | Tasted by cos82 on 8/25/2013 & rated 93 points: Brought to a friend's suckling pig roast as a throw in as my primary bottle was an 02 Alion. Host laughingly refers to older wines from my cellar that I never got around to drinking as "graveyard wines". Expected very little. Popped, decanted and poured. Fair amount of sediment. Shockingly good. Light ruby with no browning. Beautiful cherry nose. Refined soft blended palate of earth, cedar, coffee, tobacco and cherry. Just beautiful and puts a fair number of 82 Bordeaux that I have tried to shame. (2839 views) | | | Tasted by bestdamncab on 7/20/2007 & rated 96 points: Tasted five Tinto Pesquera this evening, a special thanks to Joe Fitzpatrick for sharing. Very nice old smokey coffee and tobacco flavors on the nose, more of the same on the palate, long finish, clearly the winner tonight. (3060 views) |
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U.S. Importer (Addt'l Info)Bodegas Alejandro Fernández Ribera del Duero Tinto Pesquera Reserva24 meses en barrica de roble americano + 12 meses en botella.Tempranillo Varietal character (Appellation America) | TAPAS: Tempranillo Advocates, Producers and Amigos Society
Tempranillo is the premium red wine grape variety from the Rioja and Ribera del Duero region in Spain. Tempranillo's aromas and flavors often combine elements of berryish fruit, herbaceousness, and an earthy-leathery minerality. Being low in acidity and sugar content, it is commonly blended with Carignan (Mazuela), Grenache (Garnacha), Graciano, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon.
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The varietal is at its best in top Riojas, where oak aging is employed to generate increased complexity and harmony. From the best sites, these wines can be remarkably concentrated with great aging potential. New wines from this region are darker, and more robust, with more dynamic primary fruit flavors than traditionally styled examples. These wines seem to reflect the influence of Spain's other key region for Tempranillo, Ribera del Duero. Regardless of style, Riojas tend to be medium bodied wines, with more acid than tannins. These wines generally feature Tempranillo blended with Garancha, Mazuelo, and Graciano. For these wines, there are three quality levels, which will appear on the label. Everyday drinking wines fall under the category of "Crianza", "Reserva" denotes more complex and concentrated wines, and "Gran Reserva" refers to the most intense wines, made only in the best years.
The same labeling scheme applies to wines from Ribera del Duero, which, like Rioja, is dominated by Tempranillo and shares similar blending grapes. Again, Ribera del Duero wines are generally darker and more powerful than the most traditional Riojas. These wines also generally see less oak treatment than Riojas. From Rioja, we like wines from Allende, Marqués de Cáceres, Montecillo, and Cune. In Ribera del Duero, consider Dominio de Pingus, Emilio Moro, Convento San Francisco, and Pesquera.
Pair older-style Rioja with simple meats like chicken, leg of lamb, and pork loin. However, the newer style of Rioja and Ribera del Duero works especially well with bolder meat dishes or an aged Spanish cheese like Manchego or Idiazabal. Spain 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 )Ribera del Duero El Corazón del Duero - The Heart of Duero (Consejo Regulador de la D.O. Ribera del Duero) |
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