Community Tasting Notes 243

• LayTan wrote: 92 points

  May 10, 2024 - DCBell's notes are spot on. Rich and complex albeit with fairly sharp acidity begging for food pairing. This wine is most delicious on day 3, when the acidity has mellowed down leaving one to savour the black berry fruit and spicy, perfumy finish. Should develop further over the next few years.

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• ThijsV Likes this wine: 92 points

  April 14, 2024 - First bottle of my 2012 case. Really good, stood firmly for 4 days. Elegant nose with fire stone, black cherry, licorice. Medium+ acidic, medium sandy integrated tannins, medium+ finish

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• dcbell Likes this wine: 93 points

  April 7, 2024 - On day one this was a little hollow and out of kilter, but was absolutely super on days two and three - so decant if drinking now or leave another few years.
  
  Intense, rich, and complex nose which really draws you in - an absolute joy to keep coming back to and one where you keep finding yourself discovering new aromas. Ripe red and black berries, woody spicy and perfume, musk, slightly animal notes, some engine oil - the whole menagerie. Quite a dense palate, still with a lot of tannin and acidity which perhaps outstrips the flavour intensity a little and makes it one which shines more with some food presently. Nonetheless a very well made wine which offers a lot of pleasure, great value too as is always the case for Ardanza.

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• rocknroller wrote: flawed

  March 17, 2024 - Women Who Wine & Their Arm Candy (Estelle, St. Paul, MN): Corked, though somewhat less overt.

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• DB Lawton Likes this wine: 90 points

  March 16, 2024 - Has continued to mellow out and evolve a bit since my last note. Had this at a dinner party with corned beef (St Patrick’s) so not as much of a contemplative tasting as it deserved. That probably cost it a point or two. No issues with alcohol, or oak. Good comments from the hostess too.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2012
• Type Red
• Producer La Rioja Alta
• Varietal Tempranillo Blend
• Designation Viña Ardanza Reserva
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Spain
• Region La Rioja
• SubRegion La Rioja Alta
• Appellation Rioja
• UPC Codes 3510701806759, 8413529761093, 8413529821087, 890841002024, 890841002031, 890841002048

Community Holdings

• Pending Delivery 140 (1%)
• In Cellars 5,591 (55%)
• Consumed 4,509 (44%)

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