2016 La Rioja Alta Rioja Viña Ardanza Reserva

Community Tasting Notes (77) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  5/7/2024 - Condrieu82 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Ruby in color, with delicate nose of black currants with a touch of oak. Nice acidity and integrated tannins, with expressive black currants and bramble, and some notes of cocoa. Very elegant, with a medium+ finish that shows white pepper and some oak.
  A very pleasant wine in a good spot - although this was poured by the glass so I am not sure how much air it got beforehand.

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  5/7/2024 - tedcholl Likes this wine: 92 Points

  This wine for under $30 is a definite QPR alert. 1st of 6 bottles purchased and while young definitely very drinkable. All the wonderful flavors of a Rioja. cherry tobacco leather earthy oak

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  4/27/2024 - SimonS wrote: 91 Points

  A bucket of dark fruit in an oaken robe. Lovely now but with development to come.

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  4/25/2024 - Ryan@Rhone wrote: 92 Points

  Very enjoyable. Vanilla oak certainly dominates the nose. Plenty of fruit on the palate although nothing overly precise that I can lay out. Just enough acidity and tannin to give structure and balance. Finish comes back to the vanilla oak. Not the most complex but really enjoyable and easy to drink for me. Maybe better in a few years if the oak integrates but no need to wait if the mold strikes.

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  4/16/2024 - sniperpk Likes this wine: 91 Points

  24년 3월 시음
  열자마자 너무 좋은 향이 났다. 구분할만큼 미세한 후각이 없어 다양한 표현은 못하겠으나 아주 좋았던 기억이다.
  팔렛또한 굉장히 뛰어났다. 먹어본 와인중 가장 인상깊었다.
  어느정도 숙성이 이루어진 와인이기 때문이라는 믿음이 생겼고
  어느정도 품질이상의 와인은 무조건 쟁여놓고 숙성시키겠다는 마음을 갖게 한 와인이다.

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