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93 Points

Sunday, April 6, 2014 - CVNE vs La Rioja Alta faceoff (Chez Mas): Quite aged appearance, though nowhere near as light as the LRA 95 Ardanza.

Nose has plenty of vanilla, some blackcurrant and cherries, balsamic some caramelised figs.

Lovely palate! Tastes of cherry liquor, damson gin, strawberries, slight aniseed to liquorice,balsamic, hint of oak. Very refreshing, superb integration smooth, nice long finish. Very refined and complex. Great with food.

Narrowly shaded into second place for WOTN. Sadly a replacement bottle is now running at £160, so we'll just have to live with the nice memories!

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  • Comment posted by Harley1199:

    5/10/2014 7:05:00 AM - Hi there Tannatastic,
    Can you believe I founded a 26€ bottle yesterday?
    Man, come to South often! :-)
    Cheers!

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1994 La Rioja Alta Rioja Gran Reserva 904

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