August 5, 2023 - Very high acid with piquillo and sour cherry, orange peel, spicy, and mushroomy with a robust dose of American oak. Classic, if on the leaner side now, the kind of wine you'd happily drink all evening if not for the additional wines in the flight.
April 21, 2023 - This has a lovely aromatic pure blackcurrant fruited nose, with mint and soil notes. There was a slight musty whiff at the edge avery now and then. Medium bodied on the palate, again that lovely bright, pure dark fruit, touch of tobacco and soil, vibrant acids, just a touch firm on the tail end. Think this was borderline corked but still plenty to enjoy.
April 16, 2023 - One of the most uncanny tasting experiences ever. At first on the palate, lovely old Rioja with brick dust and cherries and in fifteen seconds, on the palate without another sip, overwhelming oxidative notes and just awful.
Seems to be settling in the glass 15 min later. , though definite VA and balsamic on those strawberries. Nice acidity and structure. Has charm.
eta - Did really go anywhere with a lot of time. Most old bones with small hits of interesting. Not bad, but generically old.
February 9, 2023 - Zombie Wines at Terra Rossa (Terra Rossa, Islington): Dark red. On the cool blue spectrum, quite fine and fresh all things considered, with what seemed like a fine suspension in the glass. Mellow.
February 13, 2022 - Se dice que estos GR 904 tienen, en general, un desarrollo de unos 20 años más otros 20 de mantenimiento. Esta botella sigue perfectamente la regla, a sus 28 años es evidente que
ha llegado a su cima y que le queda aún buen trecho para aguantar en buenas condiciones.
Se decantó durante tres horas con filtrado ya que estos vinos presentan siempre mucho poso y además del tapón salió hecho migas. Presenta un color picota de capa baja muy atejado en el borde. Aromas terciarios, cuero muy limpio, tierra, tabaco de cigarro puro habano, especies orientales y en el centro del aroma se encuentra sutil fruta negra acompañada de melocotón y albaricoque muy maduros. La boca es suavísima con taninos perfectamente integrados, y con la acidez suficiente para permitirle completar su ciclo, la boca es, además, profunda y de cuerpo ancho, (característica específica de estos GR de LRA), y se encuentran preciosas y amplias sensaciones frutales y su final es correctamente largo.
December 11, 2021 - Everything you’d expect in an old rioja. Gotta love how these age.
Lots more sediment than I expected, but had set it upright a couple of days before… still lost about 50ml.
Brick rim and faded red color.
Clean smell. Old furniture and pencil shavings come thru, but lots of bright red fruit coming through on the nose.
Oak is mostly gone, raspberries and cherries still noticeable, and the tannins are well integrated. Medium long finish.
September 16, 2021 - Tasted after 1994 Club de Cosecheros Reserva. Less dark in terms of fruit profile, notes of tobacco and spices on the nose. Soft and mellow on the palate, sweet fruit, spicy with good acidity and length. Drink up. 91-93
May 19, 2021 - Not running on all cylinders, but not flawed either. Had a muted strawberry nose, very little floral tone, and a midweight palate. Lacked magic.
January 5, 2021 - Color atejado, mucha diferencia entre el menisco y el ribete, denotando demasiado pronto su edad. Botella evolucionada en exceso?
Nariz muy elegante y sin tufos, de primeras tabaco y luego cacao.
Boca más caida, tanino pulido y acidez presente. Listo para beber incluso me atrevería a decir que empezando su declive. Tal vez sea esta botella pero definitivamente esta no ha brillado.
November 30, 2020 - One of the most hideously corked wines I have had in some time. Could smell it from a few feet away.