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Friday, October 28, 2022 - Snacking with Kirin beer. Pnp before lunch. A quarter of cork soaked. Crystal ruby colour with a violet halo. Firm keeper of this particular vintage, muted on the nose and shaped on the palate with a serious acid after eighteen years. Tasty, fresh
What else can I say? It is not a question of decanting, in spite that recommendation on the back label, of this bottle but understand the vintage and winemaker methods. Notes of rotten rose petals, flesh, salty and clearly earthy on the nose. Plenty of 2004 character strawberries are at the back. Silky-smooth textured, good acidity, less than decent persistence, foolish aftertaste. Last glass the most ordinary.
Definitively can't be compared with Ardanza or with Franco-Españolas even, from the same year. Requires food urgently. One magnum remining as 2005 harvest.

Aperitivando con cerveza Kirin. Abierta y servida antes del almuerzo. Un cuarto de corcho empapado. Color rubí de cristal con un halo violáceo. Firme guardián de esta particular añada, silenciada en nariz y moldeada en el paladar con una sería acidez después de dieciocho años. Sabroso, fresco ¿qué más puedo decir? No se trata de decantar, a pesar de la recomendación en la etiqueta posterior, de esta botella, salvo entender los métodos de vendimia y al enólogo. Notas de pétalos de rosa podridos, carne, saladita y claramente terrosa en nariz. Imbuido del carácter del 2004, las fresas están al fondo. Textura sedosa, buena acidez, algo menos de una persistencia decente, regusto tontorrón. La última copa la más ordinaria.
Definitivamente no se puede comparar con Ardanza ni siquiera con Franco-Españolas, a partir del mismo año. Requiere comida urgentemente. Me queda un magnum, al igual que con 2005.

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  • Comment posted by Bandreas:

    12/29/2022 4:31:00 AM - Hello Harley, it does not look like you very much liked this bottle which must have cost a pretty penny...
    Ist this just the year, an off bottle or the wine-making direction taken by the new owners?
    Anyway: Seasons greetings from Switzerland! For New Year and and part of January we are headed to Andalusia, hoping for some sunshine and clement temperatures...
    Happy New Year!
    Bernard + Beatriz

  • Comment posted by Harley1199:

    12/29/2022 10:06:00 AM - Dear double B,
    About the year, it is good to very good but very closed, restricted and ungenerous. Accept it or hate it. So it wasn't an off bottle.
    Finally IMHO, Murrieta's enologist has interpreted this particular year wrongly, deeply wrongly. C'est tout. Probably I am not going to enjoy these 2004 bottles as much as I did in the past with another vintages from the same winery.
    In spite of these little things, desearos unas muy felices Navidades (as you know we finish them with the arrival of the three Wise Men) y un muy próspero Año Nuevo, hoping to meet each other in Málaga next year,

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