1994 C.V.N.E. (Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España) Rioja Imperial Gran Reserva

Community Tasting Notes (74) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  5/19/2024 - Loathesome Likes this wine: 94 Points

  It was mentioned that it had previously been very backward but this had definitely opened up now and was quite lovely. Loads of spicy fruit, good weight and length and a flavour that only improved with the evening. Really lovely.

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  3/2/2024 - WST Likes this wine:

  Charity wine pairings to benefit Whatcom Hospice House. (Samish Hill, Bellingham, WA): Smokey cherries come on strong, followed by sweet pipe tobacco, oak spice, licorice. Decades of life left in this one. Gorgeous wine.

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  2/25/2024 - empire80 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Classic savoury old school Rioja, still a hint of cherry and kirsch, with so many gentle but persistent tertiary savoury and woody notes.

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  7/22/2022 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:

  $50+ and 10 Year Old Plus Spanish Blind Tasting (Bin 75 Alpharetta, GA): Dull amber crimson see through with large brick rim, old; so much truffle on the nose it's gaudy, tanned leather, soy and late cooked fruit, juicy and fresh acid for the amount of age- assuming, sandalwood, so complex and noble, seemingly ageless, smoked meat, elegant, earthen, old and noble, has to be Rioja but where's the oak?; WOTN by a long way because this was just so well aged and in a perfect place, could have been older in a way but it seems so hard to gauge that with classically styled Gran Reserva; good enough to have won a mondo event; do I need to stash some of these away too?; person who brought this and owned it since release said it perfectly that this is why we age wine and it is so true- I live for these experiences- the hard way but the best way in an era of wine assassins and big game hunters killing pups.

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  5/13/2022 - JuliannaDHS Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Full but elegant. Plenty of red and plum fruit to go with tertriary elements.

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