2017 Bodegas Bhilar Rioja Phincas

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 93 points

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  1/7/2023 - Putnam Weekley Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Raspberry coulis, eucalyptus, bound up in tightly grained, seasoned oak. Grippy green oil. Inspiring bramble berry perfume leaks from the imposing wood chassis. Busy with detail and tension. Very fresh now, drinking closer to 90+ before it yields reluctantly to 91. I anticipate a turning point after it has time to relax—say, after 2025 and through 2030.
  Drunk with Sartori cheese and chilled beef coulotte sliced thin–pan crusted, cooked blue.
  Update: 3 or 4 days later, tabletop remains showed a lot of promise. Finally accomplished in its integration, collar loosened, decomposing and showing its best. I wouldn't touch my next bottle before 2029 if I could think that long. 91++

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  7/31/2022 - BHP1994 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Truly outstanding wine. Especially considering the price point. Purchased from the winemaker at a dinner this past Spring in Michigan. Savory and dark fruited. Very smooth with great acids. Serious stuff.

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  11/1/2021 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  Bold, and also amazing this vintage. With a long future ahead.

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  9/14/2021 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  That's just tremendous. And so tight and focused on the palate. Darn this is amazing.

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  7/23/2021 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  The very first wine. Harvested by hand, press with stems, and foot tread, barrel in three years, and now more 500 l barrels. Just amazing beautiful perfume to the wine. Tight on the palate and again with striking minerality.

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