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1976 R. López de Heredia Rioja Gran Reserva Viña Tondonia

Tempranillo Blend

  • Spain
  • La Rioja
  • La Rioja Alta
  • Rioja
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Community Tasting Notes 59

  • Burgundy Al wrote: 98 points

    March 1, 2023 - Pre-Paulee Warm-up Dinner (House of Nanda - Chicago IL): Alongside the '76 Bosconia Gran Reserva. Complex array of red and black cherry with slowly cooked mushroom, braised meat spice and lots of concentration. Much better vs last time opened at a dinner in 2012, this was sensational today, easily overshadowing the beautiful Bosconia. Wine of the Night.

  • Nanda wrote: 98 points

    March 1, 2023 - Pre La Paulée Dinner with friends (Home): My WOTN in an extraordinary line-up of wines. This is incredibly youthful but also so complex and nuanced. The fruit is seamless and refined while also weighty. Texturally similar to what I love in mature Grand Cru burgundy with the unique, layered flavors of Rioja.

  • ThijsV wrote: flawed

    February 18, 2023 - Cork fallen in the wine long ago and leaked significantly during transport. Only vinegar left

  • FEDEVIDAL Likes this wine: 98 points

    July 17, 2022 - El lacrado se encontraba en perfecto estado, pero no así el tapón que se deshizo en migas y ello obligó a decantar el vino lo cual no le fue nada mal.
    El color totalmente atejado muy claro. El aroma inicial era oscuro y sucio, pero con la decantación de una hora aproximadamente se transformó. Ahora ya tenemos un auténtico LdH Gran Reserva en su mejor expresión, que es tras muchos decenios en botella¡

    El aroma que emite es intenso y profundo. Da tonos eminentemente terciarios, cuero, sacristía, cera, flor seca, tierra, madera vieja perfumada con restos o señales de confitura de cerezas o hijos.

    La boca es milagrosa, desde luego suave, pulida, fina y elegante. Tiene mucha profundidad y es expansiva lateralmente hacia los bordes, el centro se constituye por una delgada y fina línea vertical que se diría de acero por su extraordinaria dureza, (esta es una característica que sólo encuentro en estos viejos LdH). Además, se expresa sobre tonos terciarios volviendo a aparecer confitura de frutas y guindas al licor, que le da un tono ligeramente licoroso, hay restos de madera vieja y perfumada que se integra muy bien en el conjunto y no obstaculizan para nada el disfrute de este vino, incluso tengo la impresión que estas sensaciones maderosas, siempre ligeras y bien integradas, tienen su origen más en la evolución en botella que la propia crianza del vino, pero es sólo una impresión.

    Increíble, magnífico, esplendoroso, poco más puedo decir.
    98

  • rc@ughey wrote: 96 points

    March 4, 2022 - Breathtaking. This has a crazy intense nose of dried flowers, red fruits, and earth. The palate is open-knit with sweet red and brambly fruits and layers of herbs, leather, and emerging sous bois. Still astonishingly fresh. I dare say this has room to improve further. These older LdH wines can have such bottle variation, but this was really profound.

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  • By John Gilman
    Jan/Feb 2017, Issue #67, Recently Tasted Spanish and Portuguese Wines March 2017

    (Viña Tondonia Rioja Gran Reserva- López de Heredia) Subscribe to see review text.

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  • By Antonio Galloni
    The Wines of López de Heredia: 1954–1998 (Oct 2006) (link)

    (Lopez De Heredia Vina Tondonia Gran Reserva) Subscribe to see review text.

  • By Stephen Tanzer
    November/December 1999, IWC Issue #87 (link)

    (R. Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia Gran Reserva) Subscribe to see review text.

Wine Definition

  • Vintage 1976
  • Type Red
  • Producer R. López de Heredia
  • Varietal Tempranillo Blend
  • Designation Gran Reserva
  • Vineyard Viña Tondonia
  • Country Spain
  • Region La Rioja
  • SubRegion La Rioja Alta
  • Appellation Rioja

Community Holdings

  • Pending Delivery 6 (2%)
  • In Cellars 212 (55%)
  • Consumed 164 (43%)

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