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1987 R. López de Heredia Rioja Blanco Gran Reserva Viña Tondonia
White Blend
- Spain
- La Rioja
- La Rioja Alta
- Rioja
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Community Tasting Notes 46
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SimonG wrote: 95 points
December 8, 2023 - CRiBBS @ La T (La Trompette, London): A step up from previous bottle in 2017. Mid gold. Nicely rich nose, lanolin and beeswax. Rich, bone dry attack. Good weight. Round and rich whilst retain8 g line. A just lovely. Absolutely lovely. ***** Note that after a couple of hours this starts to freak a little, so don’t give it too much air.
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decaturwinedude wrote: flawed
December 7, 2022 - A Good Tuesday, Vol VIII: Lopez de Heredia and Friends: Sadly corked. Horribly. Like, look up corked wine in the dictionary and this should be pictured.
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DK Amateur Likes this wine:
July 28, 2020 - A perfect bottle, walking on the tightrope between apple-like oxidation and aged salty white wine with intricate aromas of peach, brown dust, old cupboards, varnish, caramel, bergamot, and consommé. Perfectly coherent with good if not very long aftertaste, good acidity.
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acidqueen wrote: 91 points
January 12, 2020 - Medium gold color. Surprisingly light bodied for a 33 year old wine. Lightly oxidative, but only slightly. Mild waxiness, lanolin and almond but also rather light on all these flavors. Not as much depth as expected. Very fresh. We drank this with a browned garlic Basque style monkfish and the medium body and style went well with this wine.
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Janstan Likes this wine: 91 points
March 31, 2019 - Almond, apricot, citrus. Went well with chicken marsala
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
5/20/2016 (link)(López De Heredia, Viña Tondonia Gran Reserva Rioja White) Subscribe to see review text.
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September 2010 (link)(López de Heredia Viña Tondonia Blanco Gran Reserva) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Josh Raynolds
July/August 2009, IWC Issue #145 (link)(R. Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia Blanco Gran Reserva Rioja) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Jan/Feb 2009, Issue #19, López de Heredia: Rioja’s Great Bastion of Tradition(Viña Tondonia Rioja Blanco Gran Reserva- López de Heredia) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
10/11/2011 (link) 93 points(R. López de Heredia Rioja Blanco Gran Reserva Viña Tondonia) Medium golden color with 1 millimeter clear meniscus; light curry, baked lemon, savory, dried hay nose; mature, savory, tart baked lemon, light curry, cumin palate with medium-plus acidity; long finish (90% Viura, 10% Malvasia)
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By Richard Jennings
10/13/2010 (link) 91 points(R. López de Heredia Rioja Blanco Gran Reserva Viña Tondonia) Oxidized, almond, nutty nose; oxidized, almond, citrus, nutty palate; medium-plus finish 91+ pts. (90% Viura,10% Malvasía)
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1987
- Type White
- Producer R. López de Heredia
- Varietal White Blend
- Designation Blanco Gran Reserva
- Vineyard Viña Tondonia
- Country Spain
- Region La Rioja
- SubRegion La Rioja Alta
- Appellation Rioja
- UPC Code 8423954260016
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 149 (52%)
- Consumed 138 (48%)
Food Pairing
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- VarietyWhite Blend
- VineyardViña Tondonia
- CountrySpain
- RegionLa Rioja
- SubRegionLa Rioja Alta
- AppellationRioja
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