Mid mahogany to bricking rim. Profuse bouquet of toasted spices, tobacco leaf, desiccated coconut, cigar lounge, baked red fruits topped with cinnamon. In the background sit vanilla extract, candied orange, banana sweets and Xmas spices. Medium-bodied, the wine is packed with intense, tertiary notes. Complex, refined this is a lissom textured wine with sweet patterned tannins. Delicate nuances of tinned morello cherry, cherry creme and even rose petals lift the wine balanced with crisp-fresh acidity and toasted spice. A long, lingering farewell, the wine leaves sumptuously, layered and utterly enjoyable. 92-93
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decanted 2+ hrs- nose smells like a 5 y/o cab blend- maybe the effects of the barrels still; predominant impression on the palate is tannin, really like a young new world wine, without the comparison with 50 and almost 70 yr old siblings I never would have understood what an infant this is. As usual, score is based on "here and now".
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Delicious Gran Reserva Rioja, 18 years young, opened and tasted, let sit for about 6 hours before drinking, nice nose and rich fruit on the palate, smooth as silk, just a great traditional Rioja, I doubt this gets any better with age, drink what you have in the next 2-3 years
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10/26/2022 - mreidy Likes this wine:
all you want in a top rioja. Got 10 years left of evolution but drinking beautifully now. Drank it over 3 nights and it kept coming.
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12/29/2021 - rikipedia Likes this wine: 92 Points
Mid mahogany to bricking rim.
Profuse bouquet of toasted spices, tobacco leaf, desiccated coconut, cigar lounge, baked red fruits topped with cinnamon. In the background sit vanilla extract, candied orange, banana sweets and Xmas spices.
Medium-bodied, the wine is packed with intense, tertiary notes. Complex, refined this is a lissom textured wine with sweet patterned tannins. Delicate nuances of tinned morello cherry, cherry creme and even rose petals lift the wine balanced with crisp-fresh acidity and toasted spice. A long, lingering farewell, the wine leaves sumptuously, layered and utterly enjoyable. 92-93
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12/28/2020 - 560 B&W Likes this wine: 93 Points
Excellent. 13.5%
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2/12/2019 - vinojones wrote: 90 Points
decanted 2+ hrs- nose smells like a 5 y/o cab blend- maybe the effects of the barrels still; predominant impression on the palate is tannin, really like a young new world wine, without the comparison with 50 and almost 70 yr old siblings I never would have understood what an infant this is. As usual, score is based on "here and now".
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2/4/2018 - GaryHOhio Likes this wine: 93 Points
Delicious Gran Reserva Rioja, 18 years young, opened and tasted, let sit for about 6 hours before drinking, nice nose and rich fruit on the palate, smooth as silk, just a great traditional Rioja, I doubt this gets any better with age, drink what you have in the next 2-3 years
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