Community Tasting Note

• Harley1199 Likes this wine:

  December 3, 2015 - 3rd LRA Tasting Event of the Q4 (Enoteca Barolo - Madrid): Rockets and gunpowder. It is shown reduced. Notes of pastry and yeast. Perhaps lactic sour cream too. Dense and tasty in the mouth. At this stage I would not open any of my bottles.
  
  Cohetes y pólvora. Se muestra reducida. Notas de pastelería y levadura. Quizás también lácticas a nata agria. Denso y sabroso en boca. En esta fase no abriría ninguna de mis botellas.

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6 Comments

• SchlaepDog commented:

  12/4/15, 9:00 AM - When should I open my bottle?

• Harley1199 commented:

  12/4/15, 10:21 AM - Hi there SchlaepDog,
  Complicated to say. I have been drinking this wine regularly in the past and it was excellent in spite it represents a logical evolution of old school Ardanzas. Of course 2001 helped a lot. In my case I've got three bottles and I am going to keep off my hands until 2021 but believe me it is a question of your personal taste.
  Cheers!

• SchlaepDog commented:

  12/4/15, 7:40 PM - I'd like to drink it before all the primary fruit has faded, but the nuances of aged Rioja have emerged. 2021?

• Harley1199 commented:

  12/5/15, 1:47 AM - Schlaepdog,
  Hard to say for an extraordinary vintage like this but sooner than later seems to be a good choice. As you knew, a Reserva Especial only happened three times in the LRA history so don't hesitate to lay it down for decades.
  Strength will be inside this bottle for a long period anyway.
  Cheers!

• SchlaepDog commented:

  12/6/15, 9:14 AM - Thanks, cheers. Nice cellar BTW

• Harley1199 commented:

  12/6/15, 11:41 PM - At your disposition during your next visit to Spain :-)
  Cheers!

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