Au départ ça sentait le médicament et c'était plutôt acide. Après plusieurs heures de carafe c'est devenu délicieux! Notes de noix de coco et de violette. Bonne longueur, tanins fondus et excellent avec un gigot d'agneau!
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If you like this kind of modern powerful wine - and I do - then it is now in the right place to be consumed. It will of course hold for many years still with tons of fruit as well as integrated tannins - but quite enjoyable right now.
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Color: even darker than the 04 Evangile Nose: big powerful and meaty, black ripe fruits, Palate: tons of power, coming after the 08 Lucien moine cazetiers & 04 evangile that exuded class & charm this is a muscular testosterone wine, lacking elegance, caramel, vanilla after taste
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Lo mejor del 2015 hasta el día de hoy. El culmen de la tempranillo en Castilla y León. Vega Sicilia style me susurran.
Una bomba de fruta en el mejor de los sentidos. Floral, esos riberas que han sabido conservar ese tipo de notas son los que me gustan, para mi es un síntoma de calidad.
El aire le hace mucho bien, es cálido como corresponde a su zona, no quiero que sea de otra manera. Pero lo más sorprendente es la manera en la que ha evolucionado. Terciarios, humo, cueros, complejisimo.
La madera está pero es que sin ella no habría esos terciarios. Todo integrado, tragos de placer.
Pulido en boca, tanino de una calidad brutal, materia prima de primer nivel. Lecciones de elaboración del señor García. Acidez para sujetar toda la bomba que nos explota en la boca.
Bebido a sorbitos, hoy no queremos tragos largos. Es concentrado y terroso en el final, una delicia.
Vale lo que cuesta sobradamente. Quiero otra botella.
Va a ir a más con un par de años en botella, me gustaría saber cuando toca techo (no diría que está muy lejos, eso si).
Ojalá todos Riberas fueran esto, donde está el truco?.
Decanted for 3 hours. Tasted blind. Dark cherry color. Grest nose, intense, voluptuous, a lot of fruit, blackberries, ripe fruit, some black pepper. Unlike the previous bottle, alcohol goes unnoticed. On palate it's plain great, balanced, smooth, present sweet tannins, rigth acidity and a long finish. To drink or hold... seems still has room to improve. 92-93
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Chris Cannan Portfolio Tasting (St. Regis - Washington, DC): Another example of an over-extracted, overly synthetic tasting wine. Color is essentially black and I think Tanzer hit the nail on the head with the aromas of wild flowers, cherry-cola and dark fruit. I also picked out heavy oak and vanilla tones that made the nose come together in a dizzying melange of dense, clunky tones. The palate was tannic, muscular, and spoofy. It reminded me of drinking cherry-cola and whiskey...the smokiness of the whiskey and the synthetic cherry flavor of Cherry Coke. Actually, this was more like the vanilla cherry cokes I used to drink at a local diner near my house in Philadelphia as a kid. Sickingly sweet was great back then...not so much today.
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2010 - Cata especial Navidad (Versió Original): Dark cherry color, garnet rim. Impressive nose. Very concentrated, intense, ripe blackcherries, licorice, candy, a bit alcoholic. A bit dry and a tannic entry, red sweet fruit on palate, a silk glove in mid and end palate, very smooth. Wood is quite well intregated after being 30 months in barrel. With some time and temperature alcohol is a bit more present. Very long finish. This wine is too young at the moment and still has some alcohol pending to integrate. In a few years should be a few points higher.
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2004 vs. 2005 in Spain with Helio San Miguel (New York): Black with deep ruby rim. Nose of plum skin, dry grain, candied black fruits. With time more of an oaky/coconut character came out. Medium bodied on the palate with a touch of raisined, almost amarone like character. Group ranking #2, my #11.
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3/27/2016 - Tige Likes this wine: 93 Points
Au départ ça sentait le médicament et c'était plutôt acide. Après plusieurs heures de carafe c'est devenu délicieux! Notes de noix de coco et de violette. Bonne longueur, tanins fondus et excellent avec un gigot d'agneau!
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7/22/2015 - robertek wrote: 93 Points
If you like this kind of modern powerful wine - and I do - then it is now in the right place to be consumed. It will of course hold for many years still with tons of fruit as well as integrated tannins - but quite enjoyable right now.
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4/19/2015 - Claret & CdP Gang wrote: 89 Points
Color: even darker than the 04 Evangile
Nose: big powerful and meaty, black ripe fruits,
Palate: tons of power, coming after the 08 Lucien moine cazetiers & 04 evangile that exuded class & charm this is a muscular testosterone wine, lacking elegance, caramel, vanilla after taste
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4/11/2015 - JimmyBubbles Likes this wine: 95 Points
Lo mejor del 2015 hasta el día de hoy. El culmen de la tempranillo en Castilla y León. Vega Sicilia style me susurran.
Una bomba de fruta en el mejor de los sentidos. Floral, esos riberas que han sabido conservar ese tipo de notas son los que me gustan, para mi es un síntoma de calidad.
El aire le hace mucho bien, es cálido como corresponde a su zona, no quiero que sea de otra manera. Pero lo más sorprendente es la manera en la que ha evolucionado. Terciarios, humo, cueros, complejisimo.
La madera está pero es que sin ella no habría esos terciarios. Todo integrado, tragos de placer.
Pulido en boca, tanino de una calidad brutal, materia prima de primer nivel. Lecciones de elaboración del señor García. Acidez para sujetar toda la bomba que nos explota en la boca.
Bebido a sorbitos, hoy no queremos tragos largos. Es concentrado y terroso en el final, una delicia.
Vale lo que cuesta sobradamente. Quiero otra botella.
Va a ir a más con un par de años en botella, me gustaría saber cuando toca techo (no diría que está muy lejos, eso si).
Ojalá todos Riberas fueran esto, donde está el truco?.
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3/29/2012 - Le Vin wrote: 89 Points
A very solid rivera del duoro. Strong smoked wood to the nose.
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3/10/2012 - Periko wrote: 93 Points
Decanted for 3 hours. Tasted blind. Dark cherry color. Grest nose, intense, voluptuous, a lot of fruit, blackberries, ripe fruit, some black pepper. Unlike the previous bottle, alcohol goes unnoticed. On palate it's plain great, balanced, smooth, present sweet tannins, rigth acidity and a long finish. To drink or hold... seems still has room to improve. 92-93
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10/20/2011 - tooch wrote:
Chris Cannan Portfolio Tasting (St. Regis - Washington, DC): Another example of an over-extracted, overly synthetic tasting wine. Color is essentially black and I think Tanzer hit the nail on the head with the aromas of wild flowers, cherry-cola and dark fruit. I also picked out heavy oak and vanilla tones that made the nose come together in a dizzying melange of dense, clunky tones. The palate was tannic, muscular, and spoofy. It reminded me of drinking cherry-cola and whiskey...the smokiness of the whiskey and the synthetic cherry flavor of Cherry Coke. Actually, this was more like the vanilla cherry cokes I used to drink at a local diner near my house in Philadelphia as a kid. Sickingly sweet was great back then...not so much today.
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12/8/2010 - Periko wrote: 91 Points
2010 - Cata especial Navidad (Versió Original): Dark cherry color, garnet rim. Impressive nose. Very concentrated, intense, ripe blackcherries, licorice, candy, a bit alcoholic. A bit dry and a tannic entry, red sweet fruit on palate, a silk glove in mid and end palate, very smooth. Wood is quite well intregated after being 30 months in barrel. With some time and temperature alcohol is a bit more present. Very long finish. This wine is too young at the moment and still has some alcohol pending to integrate. In a few years should be a few points higher.
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10/29/2010 - dougsmith wrote: 89 Points
2004 vs. 2005 in Spain with Helio San Miguel (New York): Black with deep ruby rim. Nose of plum skin, dry grain, candied black fruits. With time more of an oaky/coconut character came out. Medium bodied on the palate with a touch of raisined, almost amarone like character. Group ranking #2, my #11.
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