At the end of its journey, but in Balance now. Had (and still have) a lot of bottles of the vintages 1990, 1991 and 1994. All these wines had to much acid in the first 15 years after bottling (even for my taste). Additionally there was a kind of Lemon zest flavour which disturbed me. After 20, 25 years it tastes like a traditional Rioja now. A good wine, complexity from tertiary flavours with medium structure and length. Drink up until 2020.
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5/7/2018 - Dancing with bottles Likes this wine: 88 Points
At the end of its journey, but in Balance now. Had (and still have) a lot of bottles of the vintages 1990, 1991 and 1994. All these wines had to much acid in the first 15 years after bottling (even for my taste). Additionally there was a kind of Lemon zest flavour which disturbed me.
After 20, 25 years it tastes like a traditional Rioja now.
A good wine, complexity from tertiary flavours with medium structure and length. Drink up until 2020.
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6/18/1995 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 90 Points
Balanced and harmonious, fruit and oak, nice weight, smooth, does not match the excellent 1984 but a good classic Rioja nonetheless.
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