Community Tasting Note

• don_quichotte Likes this wine: 97 points

  July 24, 2013 - Opened blind at a wine club dinner and had high expectations for this - some laudatory tasting notes on CT from people who should know and this particular bottle has levels at the base of the neck.
  
  Slightly barnyard-y sort of aromas upon opening, but they quickly dissipate.
  
  A kaleidoscope of spices and cherry on the nose. So much energy. Red fruits, beautifully balanced acids and leather. A bordeaux type of Rioja. The group (including one budding MW and an experienced winemaker) guesses 1985 to 1990 Rioja or Bordeaux.
  
  I've had a few 60+ years old rioja as of late and slowly coming to the conclusion that it ages better than bordeaux.
  
  Spectacular wine and a real eye opener

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