1969 Marqués de Riscal Rioja Reserva

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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  9/25/2020 - VlgJeff wrote: 88 Points

  Based on previous TNs, I wish we had opened this bottle 5 or 6 years ago. While trying to uncork this bottle, the cork broke at about 3/4. Could not remove the remainder, so it was pushed into the bottle, then the wine was decanted through cheesecloth. It was a cloudy amber-brown, which never changed throughout the meal. On the palate there was some light red fruit, earth, oak, more acidity than needed to balance, and still a touch of tannins. The palate did not improve through the meal, and may have faded just a bit by the end of the meal (~1 hour).
  So, we waited too long for this one and I would strongly recommend opening any bottles that you might have.

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  9/25/2017 - M.Batard wrote: 91 Points

  Decanted through cheesecloth. Pale ruby-purple, as though faded...(!) Still a touch cloudy. Dried cherries, orange peel, and earth. Delightful!

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  7/8/2017 - ProperClaret Likes this wine:

  Simply beautiful. All red fruit and old books. The memory will linger for decades. Purchased from WineBid.com.

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  3/18/2015 - Old Vino wrote:

  Maderized! Down the sink.

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  12/23/2014 - Paul S wrote: 94 Points

  Hokkaido Supper at Kat and Yuwen's (Kat and Yuwen's): Beautiful. This is a testament to just how well a Rioja can age, even at non-reserve or gran reserve levels. It had a dropdead gorgeous nose, with those glowingly sweet, mellow tones that only beautifully matured wines have - red cherries and raspberries, flowers and earth, a layer of and chalk and spice - all fragrant and perfumed and seductive. Beautiful stuff. The palate was every bit as entrancing. It caressed the mouth in soft, melting tones, with absolutely silky tannins and a gentle freshness woven around beautiful mellow notes of red cherries and berries, orange peel and brambly herb, and just a little flush of warm spice as the wine moved into lovely finish with a gentle length to it. There was a just a tiniest bit of drying grip at that back-end perhaps suggesting that it is time to drink up. But this was just lovely - elegant, pure and perfectly integrated. It is a wine that I could drink bottle after bottle of.

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