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Red

2005 Bodegas Franco-Españolas Rioja Bordón Gran Reserva

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4/10/2015 - Matches wrote: 89 points

Lovely and elegant. Fragrant. Not too much oak like many rioja. I'll buy more

  • Comment posted by Matches:

    4/28/2015 3:30:00 PM - I think you're right! I'll be sure to keep my Rioja longer
Red

2010 Descendientes de José Palacios Bierzo Pétalos

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10/13/2013 - Matches Likes this wine: 90 points

Great structure, briar patch, underbrush, rose petal, and a bit of that fun grenache grapeyness

Will buy again

  • Comment posted by Matches:

    10/26/2013 8:26:00 AM - Thanks for the comment!
Red

2001 La Rioja Alta Rioja Gran Reserva 904

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10/21/2013 - Matches wrote: 95 points

Beautiful. What an amazing bottle of classic Rioja. Pure fruit, ripe raspberry acids, smooth and luxurious texture. Needs another decade in the bottle to show more of the secondary characteristics.

  • Comment posted by Matches:

    10/26/2013 8:25:00 AM - Thanks for the comment!
Red

2001 R. López de Heredia Rioja Reserva Viña Tondonia

 Tempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more
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9/13/2013 - Matches Likes this wine: 94 points

Color: Deep ruby red, tinged with orange and brown. This stuff is BLACK in the decanter

Nose: Blood, iodine, decayed fruit, and cherry cough syurp with a hint of rich earth.

Taste: dense and powerful, but sneakily so. Classic dusty Rioja/temperinllo tannins and wonderful soft acidity. At 13% alcohol, this is a perfect food wine as there is no alcohol heat.

Note: after an hour and a half in the decanter, the wine has chaged tremdously. The cough syurp smell is gone and replaced with wonderful earthy smells I don't have words for. As the wine breathes, the tannins are becoming more agressive.

I suspect this wine has years of evolution ahead of it. Fantastic!

  • Comment posted by Matches:

    9/14/2013 10:21:00 PM - Addendum:

    Second night, the wine seems to have settled down. The nose is the most pure and intense cherry liqueor I've ever encountered

    On the palate, the tannins are less grainy and much smoother than last night. More pure and clean cherry.

    Simply wonderful.

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