Virtual Spanish Wines

Tasted Sunday, December 6, 2020 by galewskj with 83 views

Flight 1 (1 Note)

2008 R. López de Heredia Rioja Blanco Reserva Viña Tondonia 93 Points

Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja

Wow, the nose is honeycomb and beeswax, while the palate is incredibly bright and acidic. This was nice to drink today, but I won't open a bottle for 2+ years.

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Flight 2 (5 Notes)

2005 La Rioja Alta Rioja Gran Reserva 904 95 Points

Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja

Very nice acidity on the palate along with some light strawberry and vanilla. There is a touch of American oak. Blue fruit and leather comes out with time. My favorite wine of the tasting.

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2001 Celler Vall Llach Priorat Vall Llach 94 Points

Spain, Catalunya, Priorat

Ripe red fruit and vanilla on the nose. The palate is dark, dense and rich, just a touch jammy with red to black berries. The oak is evident, with very slight anise. Surprisingly, this drank young, and big.

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2004 Bodegas AAlto Ribera del Duero AAlto 93 Points

Spain, Castilla y León, Ribera del Duero

Perfumed vanilla oak, tannins are relatively strong. There is intriguing scorched earth on the nose. Crushed berries on the finish.

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2009 Celler Burgos-Porta Priorat Mas Sinén Coster 94 Points

Spain, Catalunya, Priorat

Damp earth, menthol and dill. While being quite dense, it manages to come across as balanced. There's a fair amount of blueberry.

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2009 Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Ribera del Duero Valbuena 5° 91 Points

Spain, Castilla y León, Ribera del Duero

There was a slight caramelization on the palate which also made it a touch sweet. This wine also seemed rather big, and I'll likely hold my last bottle 5 years.

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Flight 3 (1 Note)

NV Bodegas Ximénez-Spínola Pedro Ximénez 91 Points

Spain, Andalucía, Jerez-Xérès-Sherry

What can I say except it tastes like a nice Pedro Ximenez. Very sweet, very dense, not really cloying just really sweet. Sweet raisins and blackberry liqueur, with a bit maple syrup mixed in. I find it somewhat comical that the cellartracker icon for this wine is white. On the contrary, this wine was darker than all the reds at the tasting.

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