Community Tasting Notes 63

• baroloboy55-2.0 Likes this wine: 93 points

  January 13, 2024 - This wine is soooo good and seems to have budged very little over the past several years, so I suspect a long future. Drank at cellar temperature and it is textbook Tondonia Blanco, Golden color, waxy texture, only slight oxidative notes, rich, full, with a flowery, slightly sweet edge from the Malvasia. A lovely wine to savor...

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• pdadams66 Likes this wine: 92 points

  December 25, 2023 - Golden yellow center, pale yellow rim.
  Waxy, lanolin, citrus, baked oranges, toasty, smooth sherry nose.
  Quite smooth up front, candied citrus, waxy, barley sugar, declining acidity (but still good), fantastic long finish.
  Excellent aged Tondonia - has matured slowly from the last bottle 6 years ago. Good now, but will probably go for several more years.

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• Gentry856 Likes this wine: 96 points

  June 30, 2023 - This wine was amazing. Dark in the glass, almost like apple cider. Upon opening, initially a lot of oak and earthy funkiness, mushroom, forest floor. Decanted. After one hour, hints of bread, baking spice, and pear. At second hour, strong notes of caramel apple. Thick, viscous and creamy mouthfeel gives way to a long, luscious finish. One of the best expressions of white Rioja I’ve ever tasted. A nearly perfect wine.

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• NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine: 93 points

  December 10, 2022 - R. López de Heredia Tasting (Freiheit Vinothek, Ulm, Germany): Glass: Zalto Universal
  Tasted blind. Popped and poured. Clear, deep golden color. Fine salty nose like an amazingly refined Manzanilla.
  On the palate a wonderful fine saltiness! Very fine and elegant, very precise and fresh with a wonderful pressure and tension. Also quite juicy. Long, complex and salty finish. Beautiful! 93-94

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• Dmax808 wrote: 92 points

  October 20, 2022 - Amazing how long this wine can age. Still a little primary fruit but lots of secondary and tertiary flavors which I enjoy a lot. I would enjoy this more if it were cheaper in the U.S.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2003
• Type White
• Producer R. López de Heredia
• Varietal White Blend
• Designation Blanco Reserva
• Vineyard Viña Tondonia
• Country Spain
• Region La Rioja
• SubRegion La Rioja Alta
• Appellation Rioja
• UPC Codes 721384040016, 8423954260061

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• Pending Delivery 4 (1%)
• In Cellars 421 (55%)
• Consumed 341 (45%)

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