Bought this 6-8 years ago (labeled on the bottleneck: Historic Vintage). At that time it was unyelding and massive and inpenetrable. At this moment it still behaves like a young wine but now it gives a lot of new world pleasure. Quite a lot of sediment at this time! Absolutely not Northern Rhone style but as usually Concha y Toro delivers their usual very fine craftmanship. Such consistent quality for the money from buttom to top in a wine company of this substantial size is impressing to me. I have never had one single bottle from this company which did not impress me at their respective level and I have had quite a lot. This one represents certainly their higher level and I'm prepared to wait at least 5 years for the next bottle because it seems to me that some interesting new nuances will be lurking around the corner. 90-91
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Enjoyed this at Don's place...for me, came in 2nd of the 4 wines we sampled and was probably the best QPR. Good mix of tobacco and leather with plum and spice.
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Quite a powerful wine that really opened up the second day. Concentrated black fruit, hints of leather, earth and cedar. It really grew when paired with a steak as it was slightly heavy for a purely contemplation wine. YMMV.
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12/21/2018 - Gumption Likes this wine: 90 Points
Bought this 6-8 years ago (labeled on the bottleneck: Historic Vintage). At that time it was unyelding and massive and inpenetrable. At this moment it still behaves like a young wine but now it gives a lot of new world pleasure. Quite a lot of sediment at this time! Absolutely not Northern Rhone style but as usually Concha y Toro delivers their usual very fine craftmanship.
Such consistent quality for the money from buttom to top in a wine company of this substantial size is impressing to me.
I have never had one single bottle from this company which did not impress me at their respective level and I have had quite a lot.
This one represents certainly their higher level and I'm prepared to wait at least 5 years for the next bottle because it seems to me that some interesting new nuances will be lurking around the corner. 90-91
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5/19/2013 - danielbleier Likes this wine: 90 Points
Enjoyed this at Don's place...for me, came in 2nd of the 4 wines we sampled and was probably the best QPR. Good mix of tobacco and leather with plum and spice.
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6/24/2012 - bcmatthias wrote: 90 Points
Really enjoyed this one. Ripe black fruit, a little oak and spice. Perfect with grilled steak.
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9/3/2011 - matage wrote: 89 Points
Quite a powerful wine that really opened up the second day. Concentrated black fruit, hints of leather, earth and cedar. It really grew when paired with a steak as it was slightly heavy for a purely contemplation wine. YMMV.
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12/25/2010 - boodra wrote: 89 Points
Really nice and a good buy. Big red fruit. Spicy and wellbalanced with a sweet finish
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