Gorgeous middle aged Vina Real, a sweet sheen of oak that seems to be knitting well, plenty of tobacco and cherry, brilliant acidity, rounded off with age, piquillo, some balsamic punch. Drink now or keep waiting if you don't do the Rioja oak thing.
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Medium dark in the glass. Showing a bit of brown colour. Lots of oak on the nose with red fruit. It is medium bodied. With medium acidity and super soft tannins. On the palate it has red fruit and coffee. It is not super long. It is fully mature. I doubt it has 5 more years left. I will drink mind in the next year or two. Nice, but lacks a bit of power to really impress me. 2 = good
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Still young and was difficult to open up. Decant for 2 hours and the jammy nose blunted significantly. Heavy black fruits with a hint of sweetness also chilled a bit with time. Revisit in two years.
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6/24/2017 - andtheodor wrote: 92 Points
Gorgeous middle aged Vina Real, a sweet sheen of oak that seems to be knitting well, plenty of tobacco and cherry, brilliant acidity, rounded off with age, piquillo, some balsamic punch. Drink now or keep waiting if you don't do the Rioja oak thing.
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9/29/2013 - presterjohn wrote:
loose plummy fruit, quite tart, soft tannins, mellow and round, lovely. feels quite light but plenty of verve
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9/8/2013 - empire80 wrote: 91 Points
As before
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6/8/2013 - Sjontoft wrote: 89 Points
Medium dark in the glass. Showing a bit of brown colour.
Lots of oak on the nose with red fruit.
It is medium bodied. With medium acidity and super soft tannins. On the palate it has red fruit and coffee. It is not super long.
It is fully mature. I doubt it has 5 more years left. I will drink mind in the next year or two. Nice, but lacks a bit of power to really impress me.
2 = good
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11/2/2012 - Ecb1456 wrote: 90 Points
Still young and was difficult to open up. Decant for 2 hours and the jammy nose blunted significantly. Heavy black fruits with a hint of sweetness also chilled a bit with time. Revisit in two years.
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