Fresh and lively on the nose with smoke, leather and tobacco prominent. Flavour dominated by sour cherries. Very enjoyable. Despite spending a year in French oak, I don’t see this wine improving considerably with additional cellaring, it is drinking well now.
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2003 Bodegas Montecillo Rioja Crianza
8/10/2007 - plonkpilot wrote: 85 Points
Fresh and lively on the nose with smoke, leather and tobacco prominent. Flavour dominated by sour cherries. Very enjoyable. Despite spending a year in French oak, I don’t see this wine improving considerably with additional cellaring, it is drinking well now.
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2006 Marqués de Riscal Verdejo Rueda
7/20/2007 - plonkpilot wrote: 86 Points
Lots of fruit on the nose followed nicely with even more on the palate. Good structure with a nice roundness of flavour and acidity and long finish.
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2004 Pratesi Locorosso Toscana IGT
7/20/2007 - plonkpilot wrote: 82 Points
Nice dark fruit on the nose but flavour quite thin - more fruit, chocolate and leather. Better bottles at this price point.
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