2004 Marqués de Riscal Rioja Reserva

Community Tasting Notes (161) Avg Score: 87.5 points

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  9/14/2023 - JoseBrewin wrote:

  After 20 years it was still very hoods. Prunes and deep flavors. Very smooth

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  12/31/2021 - Magnus Poulsen Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Magnum format, much better than the 2000 that I opened months prior. Reduced dark red and black fruits, very slightly leathery.

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  12/11/2020 - derekjohn Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Slightly senile damask purple red. Perfumed, some treacly sweetness. Tannins soften significantly in air; suitcase leather, dry rose petals, a complex wine. Great length with a heavy floral back scent.

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  11/19/2020 - jondrinkswine Likes this wine: 91 Points

  At $40 this is great QPR. Contrary to some of the other reviewers, I think this wine really benefits from a decant. I've had two bottles in the last month. The first, I put in a decanter to remove sediment and drank over the course of an hour. The last drop was the best... This time, I decanted for 90 minutes before drinking over 2-3 hours and the experience was much better.
  
  Mature dark fruit flavors are subdued and fading, lots of spice, and a bit of tertiary flavor. Plenty of velvety tannin. Long dry, spicy finish.
  
  With the fruit fading, I would drink in the next couple years or else wait 10+ years for tertiary flavors to become abundant.

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  4/21/2019 - NickA Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Very good at its level and plenty of life left. Preserved plums, some spice from the oak, not too cooked or 'porty'.

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