Wine Education Service - Rioja Vertical

Presented by Sandy Leckie and Pippa Hayward

• 1994 Bodegas Valdemar Rioja Conde de Valdemar Gran Reserva 89 Points

  Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja

  Just opaque, showing age.
  Sweetly welcoming nose, gentle oak and baked fruit, plums and dates, complex.
  Fruit and tannin attack, abundant red fruit, softish mid palate and finish, still developing, medium length.

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• 1993 Bodegas Valdemar Rioja Conde de Valdemar Gran Reserva 89 Points

  Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja

  Just opaque, with some browning.
  Oaky vanilla nose, gentle development notes, vegetal rather than fruity.
  Sweet fruit attack, excellent balance, drinking beautifully, at its peak, very long.

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• 1992 Bodegas Valdemar Rioja Conde de Valdemar Gran Reserva 90 Points

  Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja

  Quite transparent and brown with age.
  A bouquet of very gentle fruit, earthiness and oaky varnish.
  Delicious fruity attack, very soft tannins, lovely mid palate, quite long and ready now.

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• 1990 Bodegas Valdemar Rioja Conde de Valdemar Gran Reserva 91 Points

  Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja

  Transparent and showing age.
  Complex, fruity spicy nose.
  Stunning, fruity attack, tannins under control, great balance, a meaty wine with good length

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• 1989 Bodegas Valdemar Rioja Conde de Valdemar Gran Reserva 91 Points

  Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja

  Light, transparent, mahogany.
  An attractive animal nose with baked fruit.
  Wonderful sweet attack, soft tannins and a sweet long finish.

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• 1986 Bodegas Valdemar Rioja Conde de Valdemar Gran Reserva 92 Points

  Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja

  Only just transparent, still red with youth.
  A rich nose of toffee and fruit.
  Fruity attack and mid palate, no tannin interference, a hint of oak, wonderful wine.

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• 1984 Bodegas Valdemar Rioja Conde de Valdemar Gran Reserva 90 Points

  Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja

  Just transparent and fairly brown with age.
  Lovely elegant nose, floral perfumes accompanying the fruit.
  Fruity attack, quite tannic, lean and solid in the mid palate, very long.

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• 1980 Bodegas Valdemar Rioja Conde de Valdemar Gran Reserva 90 Points

  Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja

  Transparent, quite brown with age.
  An attractive nose, delicately baked fruit.
  A delicious wine, fruity, great acidity, no problem from the tannins, lovely length.

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