1998 Marqués de Murrieta Rioja Ygay Gran Reserva Blanco

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  3/27/2021 - FjordogFjell wrote: 90 Points

  PnP til fenalår fra Tind. Forsiktig lukt av marsipan og gulplomme. Deilig feit smak med kokos og gulplomme fin syre

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  3/2/2015 - "Rhône Rider" Likes this wine: 90 Points

  1998 Ygay, Gran reserva hvit. Har aldri smakt noe liknende. Akevittfarge med Sherry på nese. I munn nøtter, vanilje, sherry og sopp. Bløt, livlig, syrefrisk og mineralsk. Eksrem lengde og tyngde i munn. Eikepreget er ikke sjenerende, men gjør vinen godt. Fremdeles mange gode år foran seg.

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  9/30/2014 - StefanAkiko Likes this wine: 96 Points

  What a magnificent showing at the restaurant tonight!
  Perfect cork.
  Opened in the morning and slow-oxed for 7 hrs.
  
  Poetically beautiful golden colour.
  A distinctly oxidized nose that speaks of at least an odd 15 more years than the vintage declares. Flowers, Viura fruit and that Tutti-Frutti Tablettask I love with this wine and that returns me to warm childhood memories. Industrial rubber and a good dollop of well integrated oak round up the wine's nose.
  In the mouth this was percieved as a playful rascal. Acids are M+++ and the small tannin with the fabulous fruit create a vibrant whole. Long, as in Knullarbor Plains long, with various aromas blinking in and out in different patterns for every sip. Magical!
  
  One of the best dry whites I ever had. At it's zenith (I think, but may very well be at it in 2030).
  
  レストラン谷、小杉先生と一緒に。Restaurang Tani, Tokyo.

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  6/14/2013 - StefanAkiko Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Mature, maturing and immature Rioja eve (Ulf and Maria S, Umeå, Sweden): Straw yellow wine with signature oxidized, industrial rubber and roasted oak nose. Not as outspoken as it was last time.
  Youthful Viura expression that is simply magical. The acids are M++ but still a tightly balanced wine. The small amount of intense tannins presented a refreshing counter-balancing act in the flight. Refinement, restraint and far from integrated roasted oak make up this lovely wine.
  Most loved this!
  Our last btl in ~2022 when it ought to have come together quite well.

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  3/30/2013 - acidqueen wrote: 91 Points

  Deep golden yellow. typical white rioja but with a creamier, fruitier note than most. Lemon custard, floral. Very good. Fresher bottle than the one I had at the RWC tasting last year.

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