Community Tasting Note

IB71 wrote:

Thursday, June 13, 2013 - http://atasteforwine.blogspot.dk/2013/06/2003-la-rioja-alta-rioja-vina-alberdi.html

GRAPE VARIETIES: TEMPRANILLO
ALCOHOL BY VOLUME: 13%

Appearance: Clear, medium garnet.

Clean nose of pronounced intensity, developed. Aroma characteristics: ripe red fruit (redcurrant, cherry) with additional notes of earthiness, smoky wood, camphor, caramel and pipe tobacco.

Dry on the palate with medium(+) level of acidity and medium(+) level of ripe tannin. Medium level of alcohol, medium(+) bodied. Pronounced intensity. Aroma characteristics repeated on the palate, with a rose-like, floral quality interwoven with the redcurrant fruit note. Soft, slightly grainy mouthfeel. Long finish.

Good, old-fashioned, american oak-matured Rioja. Which, from time to time, I enjoy a lot. Woody notes are definitely noticeable, but they are really damn tasty - and wonderfully contrasted by the lightness, transparency and elegance of the tempranillo fruit-notes. Ready to drink, but will keep.

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