Community Tasting Note

• Callum's Corkers Likes this wine: 90 points

  February 5, 2018 - Bought £10.99 Majestic UK. Made for Majestic by highly regarded La Rioja Alta at their Torre de Ona Winery in Rioja Alavesa.
  Not decanted.
  
  Very drinkable/gluggable big soft red that at 8 yrs old is drinking perfectly now. No surprise it has class, given who made it for Majestic. Outstanding bargain.
  
  Big and soft but with acid too, some oak, heaps of dark chocolate, and coffee (Mocha). Smooth. Drinking superbly but not yet fully mature, probably going to devel' further complexity. Amazing in a wine for £10.99. Floury tannins. Decent length. Not especially dry.
  
  VFM? Outstanding bargain. Buy with confidence - though research your online vintage/harvest reports; wine spectator.com is best. Check the small print bottom of back label to ensure it was made by La Rioja Alta, as this might not always be the case in the future.

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2 Comments

• SLIMES commented:

  2/5/18, 1:57 PM - It's the Rioja in the definition range that all the staff are buying, so I'm almost surprised that you managed to get a bottle!

• Callum's Corkers commented:

  2/7/18, 4:41 AM - Hi S Limes....yeah, I saw something about where it had been made for Majestic, then realised it was the classy outfit La Rioja Alta, so bought some after reading reviews on here. Outstanding bargain. Have La Rioja Alta continued in vintages after 2010 to make it for Maj UK? Not at all the staff are snapping it up? Whenever I'm in there, first thing I ask them is, ''what are you guys all drinking lately?''

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