Nice earth and must nose. Sour fruit, wood, tobacco palate. Good balance - very well structured at this point. I would say it will keep a bit but it is peaking now.
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stewed red fruits, sour plum, cherry, cherry kirsch, dried herbs, dill and hints of oak; medium body, sour cherry and plum on the palate with good balance and long finish. Very nice, a little flamboyant, but quite enjoyable.
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Very clean, crisp temperanillo made in the older style. A grand wine. It seems I liked it better than I did in Sept. This bottle seemed smooth this time around.
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Delicious Rioja, well integrated. Finish not overly long and not quite as smooth as some of the competition. Drinking well, but may benefit from a couple more years on the shelf.
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Earthy contemplative nose of sweet forest, mineral and smoked meats backed up by dark fruits. More dark supple and nuanced fruit leads to a drippy midpalate. Almost medium weight with nice deoth and drive for a wine that I found to be quite subtle and understated. Finishes deceptively long with layers of decomposing sweet leaves and truffle. Not mind-boggling but truly enjoyable and refined. Some grippy tannin leads me to the this should do well over the midterm. I didn't get any of the oak the other taster noted...
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Wine House Advanced: Med. lite, excellent char.-strawberry, floral notes to no end; GC Burg like; med. intesne, well bal; red currant, red cherry, rose! fig, floral, oak, prune, spicy!!! Dried frt, med. bod, fin, alc, t’s--aged, super complex, very nice
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5/25/2015 - Doblk Likes this wine: 90 Points
Nice earth and must nose. Sour fruit, wood, tobacco palate. Good balance - very well structured at this point. I would say it will keep a bit but it is peaking now.
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7/24/2013 - peternelson wrote: 90 Points
Blind at Monopole: Brett, plum, leaves, sour plum; tangy red fruit finish. Guessed '01 Gran Reserva.
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6/20/2013 - peternelson wrote: 91 Points
stewed red fruits, sour plum, cherry, cherry kirsch, dried herbs, dill and hints of oak; medium body, sour cherry and plum on the palate with good balance and long finish. Very nice, a little flamboyant, but quite enjoyable.
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4/14/2013 - kmforster Likes this wine: 90 Points
Drinking beautifully right now and great QPR.
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12/24/2011 - up4wine wrote: 90 Points
Very clean, crisp temperanillo made in the older style. A grand wine. It seems I liked it better than I did in Sept. This bottle seemed smooth this time around.
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9/24/2011 - up4wine wrote: 89 Points
Delicious Rioja, well integrated. Finish not overly long and not quite as smooth as some of the competition. Drinking well, but may benefit from a couple more years on the shelf.
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5/17/2010 - joshbryer wrote:
Earthy contemplative nose of sweet forest, mineral and smoked meats backed up by dark fruits. More dark supple and nuanced fruit leads to a drippy midpalate. Almost medium weight with nice deoth and drive for a wine that I found to be quite subtle and understated. Finishes deceptively long with layers of decomposing sweet leaves and truffle. Not mind-boggling but truly enjoyable and refined. Some grippy tannin leads me to the this should do well over the midterm. I didn't get any of the oak the other taster noted...
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3/8/2009 - peternelson wrote: 91 Points
Wine House Advanced: Med. lite, excellent char.-strawberry, floral notes to no end; GC Burg like; med. intesne, well bal; red currant, red cherry, rose! fig, floral, oak, prune, spicy!!! Dried frt, med. bod, fin, alc, t’s--aged, super complex, very nice
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