2010 Bodegas Muga Rioja Selección Especial
Community Tasting Note
Zweder wrote:
92 Points
Monday, March 21, 2016 - Weekly tasting group #207; Spain: Rioja vs Ribera del Duero plus one great pirate! (@ RW): In the bouquet dark forest fruits, roasted coffee, chocolate and some green herbs. On the palate sweet and ripe dark forest fruits like blackberries and blackcurrants and cherries, licorice, chocolate, vanilla, herbs and spices as well as animals. Beautiful acidity and beautifully round, slightly sticky tannin. A wine with many layers, a great harmony and length. Early maturity now and a promise for the future. A score of 92+ for this evening, but around 2022 this might be a bit higher. Great wine!
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Comment posted by macaujames:
3/26/2016 11:15:00 PM - I found this better for the moment than the Prado Enea 2006. However although it was excellent, layered and sumptuous as we both have stated it was nowhere near a 96 score as described by Decanter. What do you think?
Comment posted by Zweder:
3/27/2016 3:28:00 AM - Hi Macaujames, I did not know about the decanter score and although 96 is quite high, I can imagine it. But, to be honest, I know my own palate and score wines according to that. Compared to several of my friends, my scores are a bit lower most of the time. I think that the bottle we had tonight was popped and poured and even then it already showed lovely, lush, complex and layered. It is very well possible that if I had the wine several times over let’s say 12 hours, my score could have been 94, but I don’t know of course. There is no doubt about it that this is a very well made modern wine that will drink lovely from now until approx 2025 and possibly longer. I already look forward to tasting this wine 5+ years from now, to see if it shows even more finesse and pleasure to give it a higher score. I was at Muga in 1993. At that time still very classical. Time did not stand still here, and that is a good thing ;-). Cheers, Z.