85% Tempranillo, 10 Graciano, 5% Mazuelo. 24 moths in cask + 36 moths in bottle。
A(ccuracy)=2: Med ruby. Perfume and coconut. B(alance) =3: Understated and edgeless. C(omplexity)=2: Red berries, herbs and tea. D(epth) = 1: Firm but short.
Wine Tally Score [2,3,2,1] = 8/10
A "scaled down" rendition of classic style Rioja. With sufficient aging may turn into wonderful structure with little fruit BUT perfect match with honey-lacquered Chinese delicacies like roast squab!
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Dark garnet colored, medium bodied, well balanced acidic backbone, smooth and polished, nicely integrated oak flavors predominate, forward dark berry fruits and soft floral accentuate the classic Rioja smoky creosote with hints of vanilla on a lingering finish.
Given that someone here has stated that this wine doesn't have too much oak, maybe I had a slightly flawed bottle because mine tasted like I was sucking wine from the end of a plank of oak. Smell or taste, I just couldn't get past the wood. Unpleasant.
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Though CVNE's Imperial Rioja is indeed a top wine (and I am looking forward to drinking my 2007 vintage), I was disappointed in this wine. For a bit more in price, you can get a Muga. Perhaps the ratings are based more on the vineyard in general than this specific wine.
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Treacley/caramel oak element on the nose. Spice and dark fruits; quite smooth, nice texture. Not too oak dominated. A bit bland/dumb - playing it safe.
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One of popular Rioja wineries; Reserva is the premium label, classic Rioja veriety: Tempranillo: 85% Grenacha, Graciano and Mazuelo: 15%; kept in oak cask 18 moths and then aging in bottle 24 moths. Tasting: intense ruby red, rich full round wine, begins with red ripe fruits aromas, mouth as expected, warm, smoaky dark red fruit,spices and woody, vanilla, yummy, complex and long finish; overall full bodied alc. 13,5 %, great wine, matching for all good from Rioja Reserva wine; price ard 10-15 euro
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This wine is really like a blueberry pie, with a nob of quality cream, and some christmas spices turned into liquid (and I mean this in a good way). Warm nose of oak, cream, aniseed, cumin, ripe dark berries; really like a freshly backed blueberry pie. Sweetish and silky smooth on the palate. Full bodied. Surprisingly fresh and pure fruit, not too jammy at all, I´m quite impressed. Good acidic backbone and medium tannins. Boysenberries, blueberries, even some strawberries. In the finish the oak and vanilla custard kick`s in a bit more. Quite long, a bit ashy and maybe even earthy aftertaste. Delish. Not too oaky or jammy. Always a reliable go-to Rioja, and a great value. 90-92
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Definitely more traditional Rioja that's more rustic with earthy woody notes. Medium bodied, well balanced and tasty. Though not a ton of complexity or discernible notes.
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[PWS' CVNE W Dinner at Bellota, Melbourne] Deep dark color, purple tone. Ripe blackberry black raspberry bouquet with a touch of earth, purple flowers, blackcurrant, black cherry, licorice, tobacco & spice. Medium plus bodied, intense but not very deep, tight black & red fruits sequestered by fair amount of assertive tannins, chalky extracts & fine acidity; Lean & dry mid palate needs time to flesh out. Quite long, tannic finish. (88+)
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Starts off with quite a bit of dark plum fruit, American oak, malo. After 5 hours it becomes sinewy and more classic, with red fruit, tobacco, herbs. All in all it's a decent tipple but far from deserving the Parker wet dreams of 91 points. It's a modern style Rioja with typical signs of Parkerised aromas initially, but then settles down to become more true to itself. Compared to its peers, however, it represents poor value.
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Fairly dark garnet to the rim, dark fruit, some oak, tannins well integrated, short to medium finish. Agree with some of the previous tasting notes that one could mistake this for a (Haut) Medoc but the fruit is a bit sweeter here. Good but not something I would seek out. 89-90
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Etwas Luft muss hier sein. Dann fügt sich alles richtig gut zusammen, typischer klassischer Medoc-beeinflusster Rioja mit staubigem Tanin, guter, vielleicht jetzt immer noch etwas pieksiger Säure und einem Mittelbau von Tabak und latenter Fruchtsüße. Der Nachhall ist herb-süß und recht lang. Beobachten.
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Quite ripe with plenty of tannin, skin and oak...especially oak, this is a relatively black fruity Cune, with lots of coconut Amer. oak, coffee bean, cigar, damp soil. It's honestly very attractive and the price is good.
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Double decanted about an hour before serving and served with grilled pork chop. The wine is a bit fruit forward with blueberries, oak, and medium mouth feel, followed by moderate tannins largely hidden by the fruit. Decent finish. Enjoyable drinking, particularly with food, but not exceptional.
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At £10 (Majestic 30% off), this was good value, and very pleasurable. But this is being sold 5 years too young. So its virtues are being buried. May appeal to an American palate, as it is very full bodied. The sensuous smokey flavours of the grape are not fully coming through. But still very more-ish. Happy to order from a menu, but not one for the cellar.
7/5/2023 - PierreBrusso Likes this wine: 90 Points
Rich and smooth
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6/25/2022 - Schönibert wrote:
Supergut! Bei Cune immer zehn Jahre warten!
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3/24/2022 - Schönibert wrote:
Sehr gut, trinken!
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9/5/2021 - Schönibert wrote: 88 Points
Ja da geht was, heute zu Ton Bul Döner, kann gut mit der Schärfe und dem Orient. Denke, wird an der Luft noch zulegen. Ran an die Flaschen.
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7/25/2021 - Fridtjov wrote: 87 Points
Garnet. Faint plum and prune, into vanilla. Nice aging notes of tobacco and well integrated tanins. Lacks some freshness and top fruit
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3/27/2021 - Schönibert wrote: 88 Points
Anfangs noch zu, dann kommen sie, schwarze Früchte, Tanin spielt gut auf, alles aber schon gut ausgewogen. Wär besser zum fetten Steak als zur Pizza.
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3/16/2020 - Adamb2 wrote:
Still pretty nice.
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1/11/2020 - Schönibert wrote:
Flasche in besserer Form.
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10/6/2019 - Schönibert wrote:
Sauber, straight, ohne weitere Attraktivität und echt kurz. Zu. Liegen lassen, der kommt zurück.
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2/16/2019 - Schönibert wrote:
Etwas rauchig mit roter Frucht, absolut solider Steakwein. Zur Pinsa mit schwarzen Oliven drauf wars allerdings kein ganz perfekter Match.
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10/10/2018 - TACAMA wrote: 87 Points
DRINK UP!
Nice Rioja's nose... But extremely light & empty body
Past its peak
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9/2/2017 - WineTally Likes this wine:
85% Tempranillo, 10 Graciano, 5% Mazuelo.
24 moths in cask + 36 moths in bottle。
A(ccuracy)=2: Med ruby. Perfume and coconut.
B(alance) =3: Understated and edgeless.
C(omplexity)=2: Red berries, herbs and tea.
D(epth) = 1: Firm but short.
Wine Tally Score [2,3,2,1] = 8/10
A "scaled down" rendition of classic style Rioja. With sufficient aging may turn into wonderful structure with little fruit BUT perfect match with honey-lacquered Chinese delicacies like roast squab!
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4/1/2017 - rmcnees wrote: 90 Points
Dark garnet colored, medium bodied, well balanced acidic backbone, smooth and polished, nicely integrated oak flavors predominate, forward dark berry fruits and soft floral accentuate the classic Rioja smoky creosote with hints of vanilla on a lingering finish.
https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2017/04/cune-rioja-reserva-2010.html
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10/26/2016 - mysterycooper Does not like this wine:
Given that someone here has stated that this wine doesn't have too much oak, maybe I had a slightly flawed bottle because mine tasted like I was sucking wine from the end of a plank of oak. Smell or taste, I just couldn't get past the wood. Unpleasant.
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5/22/2016 - seanwindsor Does not like this wine: 85 Points
Though CVNE's Imperial Rioja is indeed a top wine (and I am looking forward to drinking my 2007 vintage), I was disappointed in this wine. For a bit more in price, you can get a Muga. Perhaps the ratings are based more on the vineyard in general than this specific wine.
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4/17/2016 - Geoffreyjpost@icloud.com Likes this wine:
Good solid rioja
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4/15/2016 - jps3@columbia.edu wrote: 86 Points
Bordering on cloying especially on second day. Not a bad wine if drunk on first day but not very complex. A bit of a dissapointment.
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2/12/2016 - vespasian wrote:
Treacley/caramel oak element on the nose. Spice and dark fruits; quite smooth, nice texture. Not too oak dominated. A bit bland/dumb - playing it safe.
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1/27/2016 - pg_kolossi Likes this wine: 88 Points
One of popular Rioja wineries; Reserva is the premium label, classic Rioja veriety: Tempranillo: 85% Grenacha, Graciano and Mazuelo: 15%; kept in oak cask 18 moths and then aging in bottle 24 moths. Tasting: intense ruby red, rich full round wine, begins with red ripe fruits aromas, mouth as expected, warm, smoaky dark red fruit,spices and woody, vanilla, yummy, complex and long finish; overall full bodied alc. 13,5 %, great wine, matching for all good from Rioja Reserva wine; price ard 10-15 euro
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1/21/2016 - Barolo Drunkard Likes this wine: 92 Points
This wine is really like a blueberry pie, with a nob of quality cream, and some christmas spices turned into liquid (and I mean this in a good way).
Warm nose of oak, cream, aniseed, cumin, ripe dark berries; really like a freshly backed blueberry pie.
Sweetish and silky smooth on the palate. Full bodied. Surprisingly fresh and pure fruit, not too jammy at all, I´m quite impressed. Good acidic backbone and medium tannins. Boysenberries, blueberries, even some strawberries. In the finish the oak and vanilla custard kick`s in a bit more. Quite long, a bit ashy and maybe even earthy aftertaste. Delish. Not too oaky or jammy.
Always a reliable go-to Rioja, and a great value.
90-92
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11/15/2015 - Mhubbard Likes this wine: 88 Points
Definitely more traditional Rioja that's more rustic with earthy woody notes. Medium bodied, well balanced and tasty. Though not a ton of complexity or discernible notes.
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10/29/2015 - AHVinoFile wrote: 88 Points
[PWS' CVNE W Dinner at Bellota, Melbourne] Deep dark color, purple tone. Ripe blackberry black raspberry bouquet with a touch of earth, purple flowers, blackcurrant, black cherry, licorice, tobacco & spice. Medium plus bodied, intense but not very deep, tight black & red fruits sequestered by fair amount of assertive tannins, chalky extracts & fine acidity; Lean & dry mid palate needs time to flesh out. Quite long, tannic finish. (88+)
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8/2/2015 - admid wrote: 90 Points
Ap: dark purple red
Ar: dark sweet berries, spices. Clean with good intensity
Medium bodied and good balance.
Medium to good length
50+4+11+17+8
In this case I agree with Robert Parker and Stephen Tanzer; this is a well done wine to an amazing price. Drinkable at this age, even for me.
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7/17/2015 - Timbalimba wrote: 88 Points
Starts off with quite a bit of dark plum fruit, American oak, malo. After 5 hours it becomes sinewy and more classic, with red fruit, tobacco, herbs. All in all it's a decent tipple but far from deserving the Parker wet dreams of 91 points. It's a modern style Rioja with typical signs of Parkerised aromas initially, but then settles down to become more true to itself. Compared to its peers, however, it represents poor value.
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6/22/2015 - pavel_p wrote: 89 Points
Fairly dark garnet to the rim, dark fruit, some oak, tannins well integrated, short to medium finish. Agree with some of the previous tasting notes that one could mistake this for a (Haut) Medoc but the fruit is a bit sweeter here. Good but not something I would seek out. 89-90
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5/31/2015 - Bigatlwineguy Likes this wine: 90 Points
For £10 this a quality buy a sophisticated, well balanced Spanish red.
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5/13/2015 - Schönibert wrote: 86 Points
Etwas Luft muss hier sein. Dann fügt sich alles richtig gut zusammen, typischer klassischer Medoc-beeinflusster Rioja mit staubigem Tanin, guter, vielleicht jetzt immer noch etwas pieksiger Säure und einem Mittelbau von Tabak und latenter Fruchtsüße. Der Nachhall ist herb-süß und recht lang. Beobachten.
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5/3/2015 - yofog wrote:
Quite ripe with plenty of tannin, skin and oak...especially oak, this is a relatively black fruity Cune, with lots of coconut Amer. oak, coffee bean, cigar, damp soil. It's honestly very attractive and the price is good.
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5/3/2015 - Ken332 wrote: 88 Points
Double decanted about an hour before serving and served with grilled pork chop. The wine is a bit fruit forward with blueberries, oak, and medium mouth feel, followed by moderate tannins largely hidden by the fruit. Decent finish. Enjoyable drinking, particularly with food, but not exceptional.
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4/29/2015 - arkady Likes this wine: 91 Points
Чистый гранатовый цвет. Свежий аромат выдержанного вина. Аромат черных ягод ежевика. Черная смородина. Танины средние сбалансированные .
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3/26/2015 - grayfont Likes this wine: 89 Points
Rioja Old-School and Modern Classics from CVNE (Chain Bridge Cellars, McLean, VA): smooth rich oaky nose, smooth in palate, I prefer this one to the more modern styled Vina Real Crianza from the same vintage tasted alongside. A crowd pleaser.
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3/14/2015 - jamieirving Likes this wine: 92 Points
Lovely colour. Intense dark berry fruit and a touch of vanilla. Full bodied. Well integrated oak. Soft and fruity. Long finish. 91 Parker points.
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12/1/2014 - Too much practice. wrote: 86 Points
At £10 (Majestic 30% off), this was good value, and very pleasurable. But this is being sold 5 years too young. So its virtues are being buried. May appeal to an American palate, as it is very full bodied. The sensuous smokey flavours of the grape are not fully coming through. But still very more-ish. Happy to order from a menu, but not one for the cellar.
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10/28/2014 - axellund wrote:
passer til lam
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