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1976 Bodegas Riojanas Rioja Monte Real Reserva
Tempranillo
- Spain
- La Rioja
- Rioja
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Community Tasting Notes 8
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stevenc.rees@gmail.com wrote: 96 points
January 17, 2016 - My oldest Rioja when we drank it in 2014. Amazing. After two hours opening in the decanter and glass, it still amazed. It was light, almost vaporous in its subtlety. Completely different than a 5, 10 or 15 year old Gran Reserva.
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Ben Christiansen wrote:
August 28, 2014 - Utterly delicious, and the wine of the night among stiff competition. Leads me to conclude that these wines (meaning old school rioja) just get better and better.
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acidqueen wrote: 95 points
February 16, 2013 - Sweet dried amarena cherry. Vanilla and citrus peel. Smooth, good acid, light body but rich in flavor. Beautiful, elegant wine.
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drwine2001 wrote:
January 25, 2013 - Five Decades of Bodegas Riojanas Monte Real (Piperade Restaurant, San Francisco): Medium center. Funky, aggressively sweaty nose. There is a wonderful sense of sweet fruit amazing for the age, but clunky tannins and significant volatile acidity ultimately make it feel harsh and poorly integrated. A question of balance, not adequate material. Not as good a bottle as the one tasted in 2011.
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acidqueen wrote: 92 points
November 5, 2011 - light red. Peppery, camphor nose. Sweet vanilla, silky and elegant wine. Some tobacco on the back end. Very nice.
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By John Gilman
Sep/Oct 2011, Issue #35, Recently Tasted Spanish Wines: Great Old Rioja and An Embarrassment of Riches From Outside the Mainstream Regions(Monte Real Rioja Reserva- Bodegas Riojanas) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
1/25/2013 (link) 93 points(Bodegas Riojanas Rioja Monte Real Reserva) Bodegas Riojanas Monte Real vertical dinner - bricked medium red violet color; appealing, mature, dried tobacco, dried porcini mushroom, light beef bouillon nose; tasty, mature but poised, elegant, dried tobacco, dried mushroom, dried cherry palate with firm tannins and structure; will go 10-15 years yet; long finish 93+ points
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By Richard Jennings
6/1/2011 (link) 92 points(Bodegas Riojanas Rioja Monte Real Reserva) Bricked medium orange red color with tan meniscus; nice autumnal, light meat jus, baked tomato nose; tasty, mature, solid, sweet meat jus, tangy, autumnal palate with resolved tannins; medium-plus finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1976
- Type Red
- Producer Bodegas Riojanas
- Varietal Tempranillo
- Designation Monte Real Reserva
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Spain
- Region La Rioja
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Rioja
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 7 (39%)
- Consumed 11 (61%)
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