Community Tasting Note

• foyfrcs Likes this wine: 89 points

  April 26, 2024 - Medium garnet.
  Dried berries, figs, cedar nose.
  Toast, cedar, dried fruit palate.
  Very good, but not quite the level that I expected having read all the other reviews (including RP.)
  I didn’t decant and maybe should have. Will do so with the next bottle.

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7 Comments

• SLB83 commented:

  4/26/24, 1:55 PM - I would definitely decant the next bottle. Give it an hour to 90mins. I had this last year though, and although the decant helped, I found it still too tight.

• Mark1npt commented:

  4/26/24, 8:23 PM - Yes, a decant will def help it.
  
  ps....I don't think this ever gets to 96. 92-94 tops for me.

• foyfrcs commented:

  4/27/24, 12:18 AM - Thanks for the comments about decanting the wine.
  Very helpful.
  I’ve been a little confused regarding decanting older reds since reading Kerin O’Keefes article in Decanter last year.
  I’m planning to try the 2007 Tondonia this evening so will decant a couple of hours before tasting.

• Mark1npt commented:

  4/27/24, 4:20 AM - Yw! Generally speaking, I start out decanting almost everything. Even 25 yo Bdx usually benefits in some way. Now 40 yo Bdx? Probably not. I've found these particular Rioja are robust enough for a decant even at 16 yo. Depends on the grape and the manufacturer, more than the actual age of the wine, imo.

• Decanting Queen commented:

  4/27/24, 7:13 AM - For sure needs a decant. Also, remember for Rioja 06 and 07 aren’t ’old.’ These would only have been released in the last 5 years or so. It can be misleading but they need time and air IMO
  Hope the Tondonia shows well for you!!

• Mark1npt commented:

  4/27/24, 8:35 AM - Yes, that's a point I was kind of working around DQ. This Rioja really isn't all that old!

• Decanting Queen commented:

  4/27/24, 2:19 PM - exactly

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