1994 Bodegas El Coto Rioja Coto de Imaz Reserva

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 91 points

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  5/4/2024 - loj Likes this wine: 94 Points

  I would be unfairly influenced by price to give this anything below this score. I have a huge bias to being led primarily, in tastings, by palette feel and palette texture and this wine performs exceptionally well on the palette, with a velvety texture, and a soft palette landing led by sweet red fruit.
  
  Sweetness immediately fades into cigar box, a light hint of vanilla, and into a perfect and elegant finish. Perfect tannin integration.

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  12/17/2023 - BottleScholar Likes this wine:

  Soy sauce, dried black cherry, dried black fig, prune, dried apricot, dried mushroom, pipe tobacco, hazelnut, caramelized/burnt sugar, dried leaves, and forest floor. Tawny color, with just a bit of garnet remaining. M+/H acid. High tannins that have become especially fine-grained. The wine has aged well, keeping its structure, and only a hint of fresh fruit remaining.

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  9/30/2023 - danseng wrote: 95 Points

  Amazingly good. Tons of life left. Great experience.

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  6/2/2023 - wmccone54 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  IMHO it’s always an honor and privilege to be able to open and experience one of these wines from yesteryear. A bit concerned and worried after cutting the foil only to see the cork was completely saturated. It took both a cork puller and screw to safely extract the cork. Worried about cork chunks, I started to strain though a stainer into a small decanter, but soon realized the wine was unaffected by the broken cork.
  
  Mature. Pours a deep garnet color, with a clear but browning meniscus. Initially, presents as very old with tomato leaf and dried celery along with some lingering mustiness. Evolves over the next thirty minutes into something interesting, tertiary aromas and flavors: leads with weathering red rock, sloppy red soil, macerated old herbs, and decaying vegetable soil; maintains a core of dried and cooked raspberries, stewed cherries, juicy figs, and juicy prunes underscored with a vein of residual acidity, wih tannin and oak fading quickly. Mouthfeel and body is medium, but thinning. Finishes medium minus. Enjoyed with stacked, chicken enchiladas which really enhanced this wine. My score is based on a wine which still shows balance, LONGEVITY, noticeable red fruit, lots of complexity, and can still withstand food. Based on the condition of this cork, drink sooner rather than later.

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  2/4/2023 - AlphaMikeFoxtrot Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Red flowers, cotton candy, red cherries, strawberries, red plums, herbs d' provence on the nose. It almost tastes like there was carbonic maceration here; though a more likely explination is some stem inclusion. The palate has more bitter flavors - herbs that remind me of amaro and mint; but it's still backed by red fruit.
  
  Medium body, medium acid, med - tannin. This fades quickly, so pop and pour. Definitely not getting any better; but nice that it's held up this long.
  
  Great pairing with Cabeza en su Jugo.

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