Allowed to come up to room temperature for twelve hours. Opened and poured to notice beautiful color which was medium garnet with no thinning on the edges. This wine’s aromatics were solid while I felt the mouthfeel was short until it had time to breath. There were no metallic notes but the dark asphalt fruit flavor was right there and stayed true until the finish of the bottle. A mature but nice example of this producer. EG #WineArchitect #ArchitecturalArtistry
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Wine Bash of the Year 2012 (Jade Palace, Forum Galleria): I loved this - it was not quite the complete wine, but boy was it a wonderful drink. This had an absolutely beautiful nose, with layers of roasted earth, tobacco and spice, dried oysters and lovely sweet scents of dried cherries. Wow, just wonderful complex stuff. The palate was beautifully elegant too, with the silkiest tannins and lovely fresh acidity lapping against a light core of dried red cherries and dates, with a touch of sour plum on the midpalate. This was a classic old Rioja - light-bodied, floaty, almost ethereal, yet it still had nicely persistent flavours, with gusts of smoke and mineral drifting beautifully across dried fruited notes in the finish. A bit on the shorter side maybe, but still a real charmer. Lovely stuff - a wonderfully resolved, matured, silky wine, drinking superbly well at 50 years of age.
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7/7/2018 - WineArchitect Likes this wine: 89 Points
Allowed to come up to room temperature for twelve hours. Opened and poured to notice beautiful color which was medium garnet with no thinning on the edges. This wine’s aromatics were solid while I felt the mouthfeel was short until it had time to breath. There were no metallic notes but the dark asphalt fruit flavor was right there and stayed true until the finish of the bottle. A mature but nice example of this producer. EG #WineArchitect #ArchitecturalArtistry
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2/25/2018 - ricknat1 wrote: 90 Points
In perfect shape after 56 years, this showed very well. its a very nice wine but not a complex one
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12/7/2012 - Paul S wrote: 94 Points
Wine Bash of the Year 2012 (Jade Palace, Forum Galleria): I loved this - it was not quite the complete wine, but boy was it a wonderful drink. This had an absolutely beautiful nose, with layers of roasted earth, tobacco and spice, dried oysters and lovely sweet scents of dried cherries. Wow, just wonderful complex stuff. The palate was beautifully elegant too, with the silkiest tannins and lovely fresh acidity lapping against a light core of dried red cherries and dates, with a touch of sour plum on the midpalate. This was a classic old Rioja - light-bodied, floaty, almost ethereal, yet it still had nicely persistent flavours, with gusts of smoke and mineral drifting beautifully across dried fruited notes in the finish. A bit on the shorter side maybe, but still a real charmer. Lovely stuff - a wonderfully resolved, matured, silky wine, drinking superbly well at 50 years of age.
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9/12/2009 - JJL wrote: 94 Points
Spanish Treasures #2 over Lunch at Arzak (San Sebastian, Spain): Very dark color, impressive body. Dried flowers and soy on nose. Cedar and paprika on palate.
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