10/12/2021 - julao wrote:

This is finally ready to drink, give it a good 90 mins before tasting, very left bank, fresh, mature tannins with a nice long after taste of ripe grape pips, full body, theirtiary notes, tobacco, leather, spice. Still has long life ahead. Coravined form a 3L bottle.

10/11/2021 - julao Likes this wine:

Great body dominated by orange peel but lacks acidity, not balanced too sweet for my taste and desapointing for a Tokay essencia/ 6 puntoyones…brought it from a trip to Hungry, I really expected more pleassure.
A happy celebration though that Andres annouced us his asking his girlfriend to marry him!!!

7/7/2021 - julao Likes this wine:

Coravin:
When accessed: funguii, black currant & blackberry, no nose.
90 mins later: hard tannins still not integrated, pure toasted Cofee beans w/leather & pinguica, mid body, long black cherry finish.
2 hrs: Still muted nose
This can take 5y more to evolve & seems like hints of cherry liquor. 92 for now, potentialy 94-95
4 hrs: this is a beautiful wine!!

12/7/2020 - julao wrote:

Estelar!! 90 mins on decanter, great quality bottle, long, long black cherry finish,a 24 year old wine starting to develop thiertiary notes of saddle & pencil shavings, round integrated tannins, incredible w/food pairings @ Maximo Bistrot for Iñaki’s graduation celeb. 3 hrs latter I can still enjoy the aftertaste. Just a bit sad that I don’t have more of this😞

11/22/2020 - julao Likes this wine:

Copa extraída con Corvim. Después de un par de horas de oxigenación,....cuerpo medio, tonos atejados con bordes naranja, en nariz domina la tierra húmeda de bosque, en boca redondo, equilibrado, con perfecta acidez, notas dulces de cereza y frutos rojos. Taninos maduros y suaves, la madera totalmente integrada y notas de Pingüica, se extrañan las notas de cuero viejo y tabaco de otras añadas anteriores, quizá aún le falta un años para desarrollar notas terciarias.

9/13/2020 - julao Likes this wine:

CORAVINED GLASS: muted nose but beautiful jammy cherry & blackberry compote, licorrela & saddle notes, nice subtle oak and round well integrated sweet dusty tannins.
Very enjoyable wine. This is my last bottle, a shame couse its just now that thierdtiary notes are overpowering the high alcohol level. I’d guess good Priorat wines need 20+ years to reach maturity.

7/28/2018 - julao Likes this wine:

Drank with Family @ Southgate Begoña’s birthday celeb. A great PN mid body and nice tensile fragant fruty texture.

9/24/2017 - julao wrote:

Media hr y empieza a abrir: alcohol y frutas negras
Nariz 1y1/2 hr: mutis nada nuevo y aroma apenas perceptible.
Boca ataque: gran cuerpo sedoso como de oporto vintage, Cerezas negras, cassis, café con leche, balance entre dulzor con fresca acidez en un nivel perfecto, y el alcohol que agrega un leve calorcito muy sabroso, mucha fruta madura y deliciosa, sin sobre madurez y taninos muy suaves y sedosos totalmente integrados. Largo final con nota láctica a malteada de blueberry y café.
Boca 1 y 1/2 hr: se cierra y se hace más austero, fruta madura y sin gran complejidad. A 2y1/2 hrs la blackberry está muy definida y deliciosa.
A las 4 hrs la fruta se ha perdido y aparecen notas verdes amargos de hierba y resina.

7/7/2017 - julao Likes this wine:

Coravined from double magnum, I'd had a glass 2 years ago and it was still hard & closed. I poured me another glass today and after 2 hrs it was really good. Color barely shows some traces of age, still purpule with light brownish rim. Lots of black currant & pine forest on the nose, with great attack, powerfull mid palate and a long minty 3 minute finish with chewy fine grained tannins.
I say after 28 years, this has barely reached the drinking window and has a long, long life ahead & will keep improving as tannins continue to melow.

7/5/2017 - julao wrote:

From Magnum: Coravin pour and left in glass for 2 hrs, brownish-orange rim, a complex layered wine with black cherry color that reflects the 22 years of ageing, big body keeps growing with nose of fresh forest, lots of sweet black cherry, plum compote, dampened earth, strong havana tabaco & ashes, dried leaves, black truffles, old leather, pingüica, sweet soft tannins with slight oak that's beautifully balanced, a little short on acidity, and a velvety texture, medium long finish with strong notes of just grinded black toasted coffee grains & black cherry pulp. Overall a great wine that shows why Pesquera is one of the few top Ribera del Duero bodegas, second only to Vega Sicilia.
This is on a beautiful spot right now and ready to be enjoyed and judging from how long these Top Riberas age, this will still grow for at least another 20 years.

5/27/2017 - julao Likes this wine:

Still a young wine, Gave it a good 2-3 hour decant, unresolved fine grainy & dusty tannins, -a rare and very distinctive dominating and defined note of mint, green apples & pears that's quite a surprise, strange experience that's even stronger than on some white wines. I'm giving the next bottle at least 5 more years on the cellar.
A curious story...I brought this to a business lunch with a long time customer because It was the same as a box of wine that I gave him as a wedding present 7 years ago. I thought, it would be a nice touch that he would appreciate.....funny though, after asking to see the decanted bottle he just said "I must tell you, we're getting divorced!!"

3/8/2013 - julao wrote:

Nariz delicada y sutil, trufa, cuero viejo, crin de caballo, tierra y paja mojada, café y tabaco.
Cuerpo untoso, redondo, amplio, potente y enorme estructura, taninos amargos y pesados, carnosos y musculosos que evolucionan a sedosos y sabrosos para 2o día.
Fruta madura, frutos negros, cassis, cereza negra, muy concentrado y mucho extracto. Delicioso y muy potente, cálido y suave a la vez.
Notas de café, tabaco, ciruela negra, clavo, nuez moscada, tierra orgánica húmeda, trufa, acidez perfecta. Largo 2 minutos +
Magnifico Echézeaux x encima del Dujac 2009

6/9/2015 - julao wrote:

Mmm....relaxing afternoon w/ Diana Krall and Achaval Ferrer Finca Mirador 2003. Hard to beat!
Just great @ 12 years old, guess that kills The thought that malbec is not for aging.
This is still very young, aging just fine, with all the powerfull, fruitful, complex fine sweet tanninn, has lost all green notes it had back in 09, its suntous like a caramel fills the mouth with inky grape, black fruit, earth, and a note of saddle & tar. I'll bet it will be amaizing 15 years from now, dont be afraid to keep them in the cellar for your retirement and have one one me & Diana Krall

1/25/2015 - julao Likes this wine:

Domino nigth @ home w/foursome (8 btls consumed), consistent notes, everybody loved the wine as Well as food (burrata con tomate deshidratado y huevos rotos sobre espárragos)

1/22/2015 - julao wrote:

Corvine & tasted after one hr in glass, Great nose of violets, jammy black fruit and cedar. on the palate is similar with added chocolate, mint and good length, very soft tannings for a 5 year old, this is a good QP wine, but nothing special... it can be a fine food wine to go along with grilled ribeye. totally approachable now but still has a good 5 years+.

1/8/2015 - julao Likes this wine:

1 bot regale a Luis Wertman y otra la tomé...., muy cerrado. Un par de dias despues y WOW, aun cubirto x la fza de taninos, pero de gran fineza, una bomba de frutos rojos y negros, mermelada, pimienta blanca, menta y un sofisticado y rwfinado cedro q envuelve todo el paladar......voy guardar al menos 5 años antes de probar de nuevo. Un gran tesoro!!

11/22/2013 - julao Likes this wine:

The wine looks Inky colored. The legs are Slow. It smells like Coffee, and Coffee. It tastes like Stoniness, and Meaty. The body is Full. The wine has Leathery texture. The wine finishes Medium. This is still young wine, can wait 3 - 5 year more to enjoy at its best

10/7/2013 - julao wrote:

Consistent with last years note, still has a high concentration and rustic structure, tanins need more time to mellow down, many years left in this.
Note, I dont think this is the Alpha series, but this must be antecesor to the Montes Alpha M premium series.

9/21/2013 - julao wrote:

Had not great expectations for this wine., poped and decanted for 4 hrs and wow!!!
For a $25 that i've cellered for 11 years this was WOW.
Once you've given this the time to breath, It shows beautifuly...
Not a classic but a great Grand vin de Bourdeax, that its worth much more than what I paid.

9/17/2013 - julao Likes this wine:

Cork desintegrated but wine in good shape.
Beautiful Deep Red-brownish brick color, nose of cinnamon and ginger, huge barnyard. Palate of dried plums, sweet aged tannins, dried figs and dates & barnyard.

Nice wine that has been over the hill for quite some time.
Drink inmediatly, or watch it die.
It tastes like Prune, Prune, Fig, Raisin, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Nutmeg, Butterscotch, Butterscotch, and Sherry. The body is Light/Medium. The wine finishes Medium.

9/15/2013 - julao Likes this wine:

Good bottle shows little sediment, After 2 hrs decant started opening witn medium body, totaly refined sweet tanins, Nice clear color w/Brownish rim, nose of cedar, tabaco, led pencil, and violet & barn aromas. Similar palate showing sweet black cherry, more green pepper, black currant, cassis. Very elegant & refined. Theres only one more bottle left and although this is totaly mature now, but trusting a quality Chateau Talbot is, I will give it at least some 5 y more to see how it develops more thierdciary nuances, sweet long finish realy a very good Paulliac.
It smells like Forest floor, Mineral, Stoniness, Mushroom, Blackberry, Black currant (cassis), Espresso, Cedar, Lead Pencil, Tobacco, Bell Pepper, Meaty, and Barnyard. The body is Medium/Full. The wine has Leathery texture. The wine finishes Long.

1/29/2012 - julao wrote:

Wow

1/4/2013 - julao wrote:

Gran profundidad, frutos negros y rojos, cafe, tabaco, cedro, sándalo, y algo de trufa negra.

1/2/2013 - julao wrote:

WOTN along 2003 Achaval Ferrer Finca Altamira & 2003 Clos Apalta Casa Lapostole

9/2/2012 - julao wrote:

This one Was not as powerfull as the one I Drank 2 years ago but still fresh, gorgeous, frutifull @ ripe, not a Huge nose or length, but strong in the attack, very sweet round pálate of ripe black fruit and some Green notes with mint and anís, tannins are silky and Well integrated. This is got plenty of life ahead, perhaps on the aged wine style will be a blockbuster sometime 10 or 15 years . Drank with a good arrachera and a morillas + fuet rissoto, with a fino reduction, cooked for the kids.

9/2/2012 - julao wrote:

Not a connosieur of california chards, This one is a great PQR & @ 5 years is showing some white Burgundy notes reminiscence of a Puligny Montrachet Village wine, like some fárm animals and earth. Still have 5 left I'll be trying next bottle in a year. Never has a California Chardonay that Was so close to the Burgundy Style. .

8/23/2012 - julao Likes this wine:

This is one of the last 6 btls of an 12 case batch that I bartered for back in 2001. First btl Drunk since the wine opened up, all others where totally shut down, rustic & agressively tánnic, unpleasent even after 4-5 hrs decanting. Today it is lovely!! Dark ruby w/ bricked ring.
The legs are Slow. It smells like Black currant (cassis), Blackberry, Forest floor, Mushroom, Cedar, and Oak. It tastes like Blueberry, Black currant (cassis), Fig, Plum, Mushroom, Forest floor, Coffee, Medium Toast, Oak, Lavender, leather and Tobacco. The body is Full. The wine has Round, silky texture. The wine finishes Long. Id' say it just starter its dcescending cicle, a very enjoyable wine. I'll try the next one next year.

8/21/2012 - julao Likes this wine:

served & gave 90 mins, openned up brillantly, The wine looks Purple colored. The legs are Medium. Intoxicating nose that smells like Black currant (cassis), Blackberry, and Blueberry. It tastes like Plum, Forest floor, Mushroom, Stoniness, Smokey Bacon, Phenolic, Oak, barn, Sandalwood, Light toast, Clove, Cinnamon, Violet, Hay/Straw, Mint, Meaty, and Fur. In mouth Its round, powerfull & delicate at once, focused, ripe fruit, mineral, watery, long, long finnish that sends shivers down my spine.

8/21/2012 - julao Likes this wine:

The wine looks Purple colored. The legs are Medium. It smells like Black currant (cassis), Blackberry, and Blueberry. It tastes like Plum, Forest floor, Mushroom, Stoniness, Smokey Bacon, Phenolic, Oak, Sandalwood, Light toast, Clove, Cinnamon, Violet, Hay/Straw, Mint, Meaty, and Fur.

8/19/2012 - julao wrote:

This Rioja is very Burgundian, ruby color, mid body & structure.
Nose is Floral roses & violet, mushrooms, leather, cedar.
Palate mirrors the nose, soft integrated tannins, + some smoke notes, flesh & tobaco not a long finnish but very lovely and enjoyable a great QFP for a 11 year aged wine.
The legs are Medium. It smells like Mushroom, Cedar, Sandalwood, and Smokey Bacon. It tastes like Cinnamon, Smokey Bacon, Sandalwood, Rose, Violet, Tobacco, and Meaty. The body is Medium/Full. The wine has Smooth texture. The wine finishes Medium.

8/18/2012 - julao wrote:

This Rioja is very Burgundian, ruby color, mid body & structure.
Nose is Floral roses & violet, mushrooms, leather, cedar.
Palate mirrors the nose, soft integrated tannins, + some smoke notes, flesh & tobaco not a long finnish but very lovely and enjoyable a great QFP for a 11 year aged wine.

8/17/2012 - julao wrote:

Poped and served using a Venturi. Nosé is puré black cherries, strawberries, tar, white pepper, mint. Nice rim of Brick, already showing good ammount of sediment. Taste after 2 hrs Full body, soft tannins, strong structure, some green notes,crushed fruit, white pepper, mushrooms, thyme, a hint damped earth, fresh cut violet, soft mineral medium length finish

3/17/2012 - julao Likes this wine:

2nd day Tasting: drinking to Pavarotti
Nose: lite notes Petról, Huge Farm & black fruit, pine, saddle.
Mouth: middle body, black cherry & sour plum, wet earth, tar, soft tannins, long lasting farm & saddle chew
A solid wine for a tranquil sip, also great with heavy food
The legs are Medium. It smells like Forest floor, Petrol, Mushroom, Stoniness, Plum, Black currant (cassis), Blackberry, Cedar, Phenolic, Lead Pencil, Black Pepper, Tobacco, Meaty, Horsey, and Barnyard. It tastes like Blackberry, Plum, Forest floor, Mushroom, Cedar, Phenolic, Pine, Lead Pencil, Black Pepper, Petrol, Tobacco, Meaty, Tar, Barnyard, and Horsey. The body is Medium. The wine has Leathery texture. The wine finishes Long.