A perfectly mature Rioja reserva. Well balanced and full-bodied with great fruit and well integrated oak. Served from magnum together with beef of moose. Couldn't have been much better.
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Cork broke, slight seepage signs. Filtered but not decanted.
N: leather, tobacco, vanilla, oak. Definitely Rioja. P: Silky textured, fully integrated flavours. Some cherry, leather, etc. Textbook. Long finish with lingering complexity.
Drink or hold; fully mature. 13% abv
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Took this to dinner at a friend's house in Rancho Santa Fe. Paired perfectly with home-made paella. Wonderful underlying fruit, coupled with a nice, rich complexity. A very nice wine, particularly with Spanish food.
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4/8/2017 - JanFoss60 wrote: 90 Points
A perfectly mature Rioja reserva. Well balanced and full-bodied with great fruit and well integrated oak. Served from magnum together with beef of moose. Couldn't have been much better.
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6/6/2016 - Tony Molester Likes this wine:
Cork broke, slight seepage signs. Filtered but not decanted.
N: leather, tobacco, vanilla, oak. Definitely Rioja.
P: Silky textured, fully integrated flavours. Some cherry, leather, etc. Textbook. Long finish with lingering complexity.
Drink or hold; fully mature.
13% abv
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1/20/2013 - MikeyCbg Likes this wine: 95 Points
Still perfectly fresh & blackcurrant fruity but with a lovely developing leather & tar complexity. Will last many more years yet.
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5/6/2009 - lostgeographer wrote: 91 Points
Great Rioja, plummy up front but finishes long and soft with strong flavours of cherry, tobacco and bark. Wish I had more.
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3/16/2009 - A&C wrote: 91 Points
Took this to dinner at a friend's house in Rancho Santa Fe. Paired perfectly with home-made paella. Wonderful underlying fruit, coupled with a nice, rich complexity. A very nice wine, particularly with Spanish food.
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