Medium garnet. Dried berries, figs, cedar nose. Toast, cedar, dried fruit palate. Very good, but not quite the level that I expected having read all the other reviews (including RP.) I didn’t decant and maybe should have. Will do so with the next bottle.
Decanted for 2hrs, low/no sediment as others have stated. Pours a medium ruby in the glass. Med +, developing aromas of tobacco, soy, dried herbs (sage, lavendar), dried & fresh brambles, red raspberry, pomegranate, dried cranberry, prune & plum, dry earth, cedar, leather, rose, dried orange peel, smoke- complex and classic Rioja. In the mouth, the wine is med/+ bodied, high acid, medium + tannin, med alcohol, med + palate intensity, long finish. Drink now, or hold- for me in a perfect middle age spot, beginning of the long plateau into maturity. Overall, outstanding.
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4/26/2024 - foyfrcs Likes this wine: 89 Points
Medium garnet.
Dried berries, figs, cedar nose.
Toast, cedar, dried fruit palate.
Very good, but not quite the level that I expected having read all the other reviews (including RP.)
I didn’t decant and maybe should have. Will do so with the next bottle.
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4/12/2024 - CHINACAT wrote: 91 Points
Still quite youthful and vibrant, with red cherries, leather and spice and a slightly firm finish.
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4/2/2024 - Scottlmatthews Likes this wine: 96 Points
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3/31/2024 - danchaq Likes this wine:
Easter wine with roasted lamb rump. Mellow and subtle but fascinatingly layered with bright red fruit and old books. Very long. Decanted.
No harm in leaving the rest of my case whilst I work through some of the other Riojas can come back to this one later.
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3/30/2024 - HandmadeHomemade Likes this wine:
Decanted for 2hrs, low/no sediment as others have stated. Pours a medium ruby in the glass. Med +, developing aromas of tobacco, soy, dried herbs (sage, lavendar), dried & fresh brambles, red raspberry, pomegranate, dried cranberry, prune & plum, dry earth, cedar, leather, rose, dried orange peel, smoke- complex and classic Rioja. In the mouth, the wine is med/+ bodied, high acid, medium + tannin, med alcohol, med + palate intensity, long finish. Drink now, or hold- for me in a perfect middle age spot, beginning of the long plateau into maturity. Overall, outstanding.
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