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Saturday, May 31, 2014 - Drank it in 2012. The red tondonia is made in classical methods, with homemade barrels and clarified by egg whites. It is aged 7-8 years in barrels.

As soon I opened it, it had this lovely smell in the air, sweet scent of a well aged wine, where the have transcended into something better, and the vanilla oak mellowed down.The colour was more red then I expected of such an old wine, suggesting it can still age a lot longer. I have recently had Campillo Grand Reserva 1994 that was already getting brownish.Some 8 years ago I had Tondonia 1981 and it was still kinda young (at 22 y old!) which made it kinda powerful and with a bitterness on the finish, but this 1978 (34y old) mellowed down, making the tannins and the fruits more integrated and soft, making the experience silky smooth (even more than a well aged Barolo and Bourgogne), while the flavours filled the entire head with joy.Tasting notes started off as dried raspberries, cedar, and then associations of rum-raisin-vanilla icecream, and then a long finish of toast with vanilla custard, coffee, and cedar.

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