2004 Viñedos de Páganos Rioja La Nieta

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  2/4/2020 - aquacongas wrote: 94 Points

  Not blind
  I had this wine a few times. This was the best one. Still not at his top. Powerful, alcohol mighty but integrated. Some people at the table guessed surprisingly for me bordeaux. But if you know the bottle... Nice cherry and bramble notes, a bit black currant, a very modern Parker Rioja. 94

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  2/4/2020 - DrZett wrote: 92 Points

  Lots of dark fruits and some oak in the background. Still very powerful body. Nice one but a little to jammy for me.

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  12/20/2016 - StefanAkiko Likes this wine: 97 Points

  My TN #2000.
  
  After a longer vinous hiatus (that I never thought would ever happen). I've been busy processing my discomfort with acidity (w/some exceptions) and wine in general (apostasy), and this amazing discovery that NIHONSHU is everything I ever wished for. The findings that suggest that nihonshu overshadows wine as a food-partner has not come easily within me... I've been at loss of words. And my emotions have been both strong and incongruent. I no longer look forward to wine dinners...
  
  Quite a mothful for the wine-nerd who was brought in to an ambitious vinous being some 30 odd yrs ago.
  
  Than I thought: "How would PJaines have handled this situation?"
  So: Yeah, F**k it. I'm now out of the wardrobe: I like both Wine and Nihonshu... And I like Nihonshu more... Much more! So what?
  
  Have sold most of my wine cellar, feeling FREE :-)
  
  After today's cork-screwing-up: one complete disaster (oxidized AND corked) and one ultra poor performance... the thinking was more towards going for a great nihonshu instead for this year's amazing X-mas dinner at 2-star L'Effervescence.
  
  But, I "manned up" and decided to be brave enough to pop a 3rd btl.
  
  And, I tell ya, already within the first 5 sec of the pop, we had gone from the wine-wise Hell to the London-drunkards' Heavens :-)
  
  This is a wine to die for. Superbly rich with pure fruit and aromas that takes you to Toro (rather than the streets of Rioja). The colour is blackish-dark. Aromas range from pure dark berries to coffee, licorice, lingon-berries and perfect oak. Personally, I couldn't care less if their vineyard was in Beaujolais... Because this is some seriously well made juice!
  
  The acids are on the lower end of the scale, making this a perfect red for any dinner, and marrying our palates (as well as all food plates of tonight). It's powerful, rich and full-bodied, but in a completely refined manner. The tannins are rich, yet smooth and well balanced by the SUPERBLY pure fruit... Like a visit to Paradise :-)
  
  More than breathtakingly amazing... An absolute stunner! Supplied a golden tinge on this year's Christmas dinner #1.
  
  If you find one, get one!
  Wife: 94p.
  
  At L'Effervescence, Namae-san's 2 star miracle restaurant in central Tokyo. Well worth a visit, all by itself. (If you can't find other reasons as to WHY visit Tokyo, I'd be most happy to assist.)

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  5/31/2016 - Philippe_C wrote: 93 Points

  Ripe red fruit, almost jammy... good freshness, nice silky tannins, nice lenght 20 sec

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  3/14/2015 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 93 Points

  compared to last time (June 2014) not that complex and compared to Numanthia 2004 clearly the second winner (97)
  
  for me a little bit too concentrated and too one dimensional. sure great dark berries, dark cherry, blueberry, ripe fruits more like cal cab than a Rioja, some Vanilla and cedar wood, the problem was maybe that the decantation time was only 20 minutes, last time it was 3 hours,maybe this wine of my beloved 2004 vintage needs some time, long finish but in the aftertaste you feel the alcohol of his mighty body

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