2019 Marqués de Riscal Rioja Reserva

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  4/13/2024 - BenF87M2 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Nose of tobacco, black cherry, leather and pepper. Mild tannins and acidity. Strong dark cherry palate with flavors of oak, smoke and a long cherry and smoke finish

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  3/29/2024 - WindFlyer wrote: 88 Points

  dark opaque purplish ruby and appreciable body in the glass. (thankfully misleading) nose of heady coconut and vanilla that permeate the dark berries and plum along with high-toned herbal and lavender whiffs. very structured in the mouth, aeration brings out juicy plum flavours that are interleaved with cinnamon and pepper. there is balanced acidic lift and a subtle balsamic vein. moderate length with a milk chocolate note aftertaste.
  
  accessible now with good aeration, this could benefit from time to integrate the oak influence a bit better. upside potential here.
  
  14.5% AbV; mostly Tempranillo with some Graciano (less than 10%); aged for twenty one month in American oak.

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  2/22/2024 - rwez Likes this wine: 93 Points

  The more I drink this wine, the more I love it. This starts out simple, with lots of flavor and cachet, but let it decant for a day and this gets deeper and deeper. There is so much going on here. It's a hell of a buy, this one. Gets better and better ^_^

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  2/14/2024 - penguinoid Likes this wine:

  Colour: medium ruby
  Nose: medium intensity, tertiary, developing. Red plum, black cherry, blackcurrant. Stewed tamarillo? Earthy, savoury, leathery. Cedar, liquorice, nutmeg.
  Palate: dry, medium tannins, medium acidity, medium(+) alcohol (14,5%), medium bodied. Medium intensity, medium length finish. Red plum, black cherry, blackcurrant. Stewed tamarillo? Earthy, savoury, leathery. Cedar, liquorice, nutmeg.
  Conclusions: good to maybe very good. Can drink now, but suited to further ageing. P&P (pop&pour), not decanted.
  Seal: natural cork

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  2/12/2024 - markjanes wrote: 90 Points

  deeply colored, ruby rim. on the nose deeply fruited with cassis, black cherry, some earthy soil/loam aromas, oak is in the background and feels like more old than new and more french than american. on the palate high acids, a very round and fleshy midpalate, finishes with a moderate amount of already well integrated oak tannin and moderate + alcohol. balanced wine with good length, very good intesnity, good complexity. wine has finesse, a very fined texture, and while doesn't scream rioja to me feels old world. for 15-20 this is really good wine... ripe, friendly, structured, balanced... drinks well now and will improve with short term aging over the nedt 3-5. most impressive

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