NV R. López de Heredia Rioja Crianza 6º Año Viña Tondonia
Community Tasting Note
KeithAkers wrote:
93 Points
Saturday, February 11, 2017 - Post-auction fun (Birch Road Cellar, Chicago IL): Nose: The nose is flowing and perfumed with sour red cherries, herbs, spices, cranberries, leather tones, and earth tones. The fruit still has ripeness to it, though it is clearly mature while there is excellent depth and layering.
Taste: Medium bodied with medium+ acidity and medium tannins. The feel and structure are showing mature with the acidity being a little on the sharp side. The feel is refined and polished with sour red cherries, herbs, cranberries, leather, earth tones, and black tea notes.
Overall: This is just drop dead gorgeous. There can certainly be some variation on these bottles and this was an on bottle.
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Comment posted by jcha24:
2/6/2018 11:24:00 AM - this is the first time i've heard of this bottling...is doesn't seem to be too widely available. do you mind sharing where you found it?
Comment posted by KeithAkers:
2/6/2018 1:57:00 PM - A friend provided this. My guess is that he got it at auction, possibly acker, but I think it was a while ago