2015 Faustino Icon Edition Reserva Especial

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 87.5 points

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  4/21/2022 - K_AA wrote: 82 Points

  Mørk rød.
  Mørke bær av kirsebær/plomme, vanilje, krydder og noe røyk på duft.
  På smak bærsødme, sur/søte kirsebær, treverk, tobakk, syrlig anslag og tydelige noe ubalanserte taniner. God lengde. Søt i ettersmaken.

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  9/4/2021 - rikipedia Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Deep black cherry colour. Lifted aromas of coconut, oak spices, tobacco, ripe black cherry, plum and some blackberry. Savoury edge with a cocoa powder element.
  Medium-bodied on entry with lots of sweet cherry and plum with chocolate, quite a firm texture with sweet puckering tannins. Good mid-palate depth with well structured frame, lovely complexity if still not totally knit. Lots of coconut, oak spices and mocha notes underscored with a lively fresh acidity and with a long lingering finish. The tannins do build and there is plenty of new oak with spices galore but the wine feels supple and there is a sweet vanilla, cherry ice-cream quality to the aftertaste (tinned cherries on pancakes with ice-cream!). Very much in the traditional Rioja mould. Very enjoyable!

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