1998 Faustino Rioja I Gran Reserva

Community Tasting Notes (66) Avg Score: 87.5 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Casa HeRo's profile
  • Report Issue

  4/16/2023 - Casa HeRo wrote: 94 Points

  Skogsbær, bjørnebær, solbær, fat, vanilje, sigar, våt skogbunn. Medium minus på syre og taninner, med en kjøttfull myk frukt. Flott utviklet vin som smeltet nydelig inn med okse indrefilet og drakk flott i glasset etterpå. Siste flaske kan nytes om 1-2 år og må siles/dekanteres, men trenger ikke mye luft.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View StefanAkiko's profile
  • Report Issue

  11/11/2022 - StefanAkiko Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Tonight's best wine, no questions asked. Wow! What a classical showing!
  
  Upon plop: thin bagatelle.
  After four hrs of dbl decanting, this showed beautifully at Le Message.
  
  Robe: semi rich mature Bdx colour.
  Nez: deep, rich, earthy old European, beautiful thing with a small herd of cattle grazing nearby. Lovely! Amazing!
  Gouche: a beautiful Rioja tempranillo showing off restraint in all aspects. Small bite in the tannins, fantastic acidic lift, hint of dill on top of the beautiful rich, loamy aroma of earth… No hinta of oxidisation as of yet. Not much in the department of berries and fruits, but a lot more to be found in the herbs and spice dept. Wow! A full bodied old-style old-world wine that has everything you could ever ask for. Mjuff!
  
  The first btl to run its course tonight.
  
  Even if some Fruitf**kers say it's near the end of its strech, I would like to calm down all of you who are stashed: our btl had the poorest cork and took ages to extract. However! With that, this showing at this age and grape, this magnificent wine isn't going anywhere soon. Early drinking window as long as you thoroughly decant it first.

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View djhammond's profile
  • Report Issue

  4/17/2021 - djhammond Likes this wine: 89 Points

  In the latter stages of its drinking window, it is still enjoyable but really needs to be consumed sooner rather than later.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (2)

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Jimmy Olsen's profile
  • Report Issue

  6/7/2020 - Jimmy Olsen Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Appearence medium garnet due to aging. Flavour of black plum and tertiary notes of leather. My last bottle :-) Drinking window is closing.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Casa HeRo's profile
  • Report Issue

  4/19/2019 - Casa HeRo wrote: 90 Points

  Flott vin til lammestek, holder koken etter 21 år, men må dekanteres et par runder. Dette er en matvin.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

View all 66 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.