Rioja (Rincon 38): This bottle was not quite as nice as a bottle 4 years ago, but it was certainly no slouch. Lots cured meats and sulfur in this wine. Black olive, underbrush.
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Monthly Tasting Group: Spain (Rincon 38, Mpls, MN): Very dark red color. PNP, drank a glass over an hour. Drank this next to an excellent '01 Faustino GR. The Valsardo was distinct with even more of a perfume of dried flowers and red fruits coming through, earthy, but it is the cured meats that make it more distinctive. The palate is full and satiny in texture with earth, raspberry and cherry notes mixed with leather, roasted meats and fine tannins. Brad person kept saying it smelled like hot dogs. Not my impression, but clearly had a meaty character to it. This was a little lighter and more lifted than the Faustino and I favored it by just a hair.
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Beautiful cork - so clean after 20 years I had to take a picture. Colour is a deep garnet with minimal bricking. Nose is is leather, mocha and blackberry. Palate is quite racy - very definite acidity with red fruit and plum and a dollop of oak in the background. Soft fine grained tannins and a long refreshing finish. Exceptional quality for the price.
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Another clean cork. Nice garnet colour with a clear rim commensurate with 20 years of age. Nose is earthy with black fruit. Palate is savoury and definitely secondary if not tertiary. Good fruit although fading and nice soft tannins on the long voluptuous finish.
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9/6/2022 - galewskj wrote: 91 Points
Rioja (Rincon 38): This bottle was not quite as nice as a bottle 4 years ago, but it was certainly no slouch. Lots cured meats and sulfur in this wine. Black olive, underbrush.
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8/28/2022 - rocknroller wrote: 93 Points
Monthly Tasting Group: Spain (Rincon 38, Mpls, MN): Very dark red color. PNP, drank a glass over an hour. Drank this next to an excellent '01 Faustino GR. The Valsardo was distinct with even more of a perfume of dried flowers and red fruits coming through, earthy, but it is the cured meats that make it more distinctive. The palate is full and satiny in texture with earth, raspberry and cherry notes mixed with leather, roasted meats and fine tannins. Brad person kept saying it smelled like hot dogs. Not my impression, but clearly had a meaty character to it. This was a little lighter and more lifted than the Faustino and I favored it by just a hair.
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6/24/2022 - J'agnes Likes this wine: 91 Points
Nothing to add to previous notes - this continues to be a tremendous wine in excellent condition - penultimate bottle for me
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12/14/2021 - J'agnes Likes this wine: 91 Points
Beautiful cork - so clean after 20 years I had to take a picture. Colour is a deep garnet with minimal bricking. Nose is is leather, mocha and blackberry. Palate is quite racy - very definite acidity with red fruit and plum and a dollop of oak in the background. Soft fine grained tannins and a long refreshing finish. Exceptional quality for the price.
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7/4/2021 - J'agnes Likes this wine: 91 Points
Another clean cork. Nice garnet colour with a clear rim commensurate with 20 years of age. Nose is earthy with black fruit. Palate is savoury and definitely secondary if not tertiary. Good fruit although fading and nice soft tannins on the long voluptuous finish.
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