Community Tasting Notes 3

• Bjorn1510 Does not like this wine: 80 points

  October 26, 2020 - Light red brick colour. Clear and no sediments. Nose Raisin, some stable Palete: Med body low tannins, still some acid, Raisin but complete lack of fruit. Summary: Over this hill. Reminds of an Italian Ripasso. Had this wine in a box of 6 different vintages from this vendor. Nice to try, nothing more.

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• Bjorn1510 Likes this wine:

  November 26, 2018 - Translation of the spanish tasting note
  Els12golafres Wine Tasting Group: http://vinosclasicos.blogspot.com.es/2013/11/rioja-bordon-1982-gran-reserva.html
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  Very light brown ruby ​​color of medium-low layer, evolved with amber and amber reflections. There is a light, fine grain that does not just rush to the bottom of the bottle. Broad, orange rim, with hardly any differences with the meniscus. Go through a wine with much older. It looks like a sixties.
  
  The nose is well shaped, expressive, with a lot of presence of the barrel, a traditional profile that connects with the old Royal reserve and large reserve of Franco-Spanish. There are plenty of toasted, vanilla, creamy, noble woods, cedar, joinery oils (tung, flaxseed) and a background of aromatic coffee that adds some complexity. Fine and elegant, recognizable, very much in line with the old wines of the winery. When airing, notes of red fruits, liqueurs, candied cherries are coming to the fore. Resultón !!!
  
  The palate is velvety, polished, generous, resting. It maintains a marked acidity (there we do see a clear imprint of the vintage) on which the reduced red fruit and tons of old wood settle. Happy reunion with one of those reliable and solid wines to which the winery had accustomed us for decades. A Rioja Bordón Gran Reserva that differs in almost everything to the raising of the same harvest: finer and more serious, without so much presence of the Grenache, in great moment of consumption. We believe that it can be saved for several years. Perhaps the best of the proven wines of Limbo, which meant the long period in which Rumasa extended its long and shadowy shadow over Bodegas Franco-Españolas (1973-1985).
  
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  60% Tempranillo, 30% Garnacha, 10% Mazuelo and Graciano - 12.5% ​​vol.
  It remains for 12 months in large tanks in which it performs malolactic fermentation and stabilizes before being decanted. Subjected to aging between 36 months and 42, depending on the vintage, in used American oak barrels of 225 liters. A minimum of 24 months of storage in a bottle before being commercialized.

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• Los 12 Glotones Likes this wine: 91 points

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  De color rubí marronoso muy claro de capa media-baja, evolucionado con reflejos atejados y ambarinos. Hay un ligero granulado, finísimo, que no acaba de precipitarse al fondo de la botella. Ribete amplio, anaranjado, sin apenas diferencias con el menisco. Pasa por un vino con mucha más edad. Parece un sesentero.
  
  En nariz está bien perfilado, expresivo, con mucha presencia de la barrica, de un perfil tradicional que entronca con los antiguos Royal reserva y gran reserva de Franco-Españolas. Abundan las notas tostadas, vainilla, cremosos, maderas nobles, cedro, aceites de ebanistería (tung, linaza) y un fondo de café aromático que aporta algo de complejidad. Fino y elegante, reconocible, muy en la línea de los viejos vinos de la bodega. Al airearse van pasando a primer término notas de frutos rojos, licorosos, guindas escarchadas. Resultón!!!
  
  En boca es aterciopelado, pulido, generoso, reposado. Mantiene una acidez marcada (ahí sí que vemos una clara impronta de la añada) sobre la que se asienta la fruta roja reducida y toneladas de maderas añejas. Feliz reencuentro con uno de esos vinos fiables y sólidos a los que nos tenía acostumbrados la bodega durante décadas. Un Rioja Bordón Gran Reserva que se diferencia en casi todo al crianza de la misma cosecha: más fino y serio, sin tanta presencia de la garnacha, en gran momento de consumo. Creemos que se podrá guardar durante bastantes años. Quizás el mejor de los vinos probados del limbo que significó el largo periodo en que Rumasa extendió su larga y sombría sombra sobre Bodegas Franco-Españolas (1973-1985).
  
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  60% tempranillo, 30% garnacha, 10% mazuelo y graciano - 12.5% vol.
  Permanece durante 12 meses en grandes depósitos en los que realiza la fermentación maloláctica y se estabiliza antes de ser trasegado. Sometido a crianza entre 36 meses y 42, según la añada, en barricas usadas de roble americano de 225 litros. Un mínimo de 24 meses de guarda en botellero antes de comercializarse.
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• Vintage 1982
• Type Red
• Producer Bodegas Franco-Españolas
• Varietal Tempranillo Blend
• Designation Bordón Gran Reserva
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• Country Spain
• Region La Rioja
• SubRegion La Rioja Alavesa
• Appellation Rioja

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