2001 R. López de Heredia Rioja Blanco Reserva Viña Tondonia

Community Tasting Notes (60) Avg Score: 92.2 points

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  3/30/2024 - Lype Likes this wine:

  This is open and singing from the getgo. Seamless and effortless, beautifully fresh and exciting, lots of things goin on. This is sitting comfortably on the plateau of its maturity. Flavors of dark yellow fruits, almonds, wild strawberries, peach and more. Oxygen and hints of iron, which in the context of this wine is a feature and a part of the deal, very Tondonia. Long, mouthwatering finish. Perfection in a bottle. I didn’t know us mere mortals were allowed to drink these, apparently we are. Thank you.

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  1/31/2024 - NickA Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Lorne Rangers 2024 (Lorne): Cor, what a wine! Fresher and with more pizazz than the '92, but not particularly less complex and tertiary in flavour profile. More orange peel than its flight-mate's lemon, with additional aromas of dill, Wrigley's Spearmint and a mellow, smoky rubber note reminiscent of a pre-war bus at a transport museum. Juicy, chewy and so, so long on the palate, and also refreshing and moreish, with a clean, yeasty finish and other fun notes like savoury sourdough, mushroom and lapsang souchong. Really exciting stuff.

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  1/31/2024 - Vinumming & Ahhing Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Lorne Rangers 2024 - Rioja (Lorne Restaurant, London): Tangerine and ginger nose with some flecks of spearmint. With air some subtle smokiness too. Palate really in a good place with an acid core and savoury structure around it. With an hour in the glass there are all sorts of other aromas spotted around the table; some dill a little Lapsang Souchong, hints of marzipan and pine resin. Very hard to separate from the '92 it is served with; by the finest of margins I prefer that.

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  8/16/2023 - Claret & CdP Gang Likes this wine:

  Revisiting a favourite of mine, oxidative style with rich full bodied palate, at its peak I believe

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  6/24/2022 - futronic wrote: 95 Points

  Honeycomb, lanolin, lemon drops, white flowers, hay, and a hint of dried herbs in the traditional, slightly oxidized LdH style. Wow. What a stunning bottle of wine. Can easily go another ten years, or more.

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