2017 La Rioja Alta Rioja Viña Ardanza Reserva

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  2/1/2024 - Porphyr Does not like this wine: 88 Points

  This starts out charming on the nose with a beautiful bouquet of berries and subtle leather notes. However, this quickly turns out to be most overwhelmingly oaked. Not sure this will get any better with time.

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  2/1/2024 - _Xenon Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Ardanza 2015 & 2017 comparison (Feinkost Schneiderei Moers): Beautiful nose from the very beginning, did not change a lot with air. However, the palate was a bit underdeveloped, compared to the 2015.

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  1/21/2024 - Kike Sola Likes this wine: 94 Points

  80% Tempranillo that comes from its vineyards of La Cuesta and Montecillo, more than 30 years old and with clay-limestone soils, in Fuenmayor and Cenicero, and 20% that comes from La Pedriza in Tudelilla, in Rioja Oriental, 550 m and with deep boulder soils. 36 months of aging for the Tempranillo and 30 months for the Garnacha (20% is new oak and the rest of 3 wines), with 5 manual transfers. Aromatic, ripe red fruit, spices, balsamic, vanilla, toasted, fresh, silky, balanced, elegant, wide and long. Wonderful wine and enjoyable now! Cheers!!!

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