11/22/2020 - julao Likes this wine:

Copa extraída con Corvim. Después de un par de horas de oxigenación,....cuerpo medio, tonos atejados con bordes naranja, en nariz domina la tierra húmeda de bosque, en boca redondo, equilibrado, con perfecta acidez, notas dulces de cereza y frutos rojos. Taninos maduros y suaves, la madera totalmente integrada y notas de Pingüica, se extrañan las notas de cuero viejo y tabaco de otras añadas anteriores, quizá aún le falta un años para desarrollar notas terciarias.

3/25/2017 - forceberry wrote:

A blend of Viura (90%) and Malvasia Riojana (10%), made only in spectacular vintages suitable for making Gran Reserva and released not earlier than after 20 years from the vintage. Aged for 10 years in predominantly old American oak barriques and for another 10 years in bottles. 12% alcohol, 6,5 g/l acidity. Total production 6,451 bottles.

Deep, concentrated golden yellow color - yet with a subtle yet distinctive, youthful green hue. The nose feels very developed, waxy and characterful with intense aromas of roasted nuts, browned butter, wizened and bruised apples, some hay, a little bit of smoky character, a hint of something reminding me vaguely of Gueuze beer, a touch of crème brûlée and a subtle nuance of vanilla as a reminder of the long barrel aging regime. The wine is bone-dry, very powerful and concentrated on the palate with very high, almost racy acidity. Yet, despite the acidity, the wine comes across as surprisingly gentle and mellow, all thanks to the long age that smoothed things down quite a bit. There are very intense and focused flavors of green apples, lemony citrus fruits, stony minerality, some complex and developed waxy character, a little bit of nutty oxidation, a hint of roasted exotic spices and a touch of honeyed richness. The flavors are very layered, moving in and out of focus and granting the wine almost endless complexity. The finish is very long, developed and really complex with persistent, long-lingering flavors of meyer lemon, creaminess and more cooked crème brûlée character, stony minerality, some tart green apples, a little bit of smoke, a hint of dried mushrooms and a subtle nuance of savory vanilla spice.

This is a simply one-of-its-kind, unique white with incredible, developed and very mature air of endless complexity, yet the wine is so remarkably fresh, structured and focused that it feels almost too young - and that's a lot for a wine that is over 20 years old! Really, this wine might be well approachable already, but it is still so incredibly youthful that there is no point in opening these beauties yet - after all, they will easily keep for decades more, gaining even further complexity year by year. A stunning white wine that is in a class of its own. At the price of 65,65€ this wine was priced according to its quality.

10/3/2016 - mtnbarry Likes this wine:

Good things come to those that wait ... Wow! Aging beautifully, can't say enough about this wine. Drank over four hours and never the same wine as it continued to evolve as it opened up. Black cherry, anise and spice on the nose. Blackberry, dark cherry, sweet red licorice and white pepper on the palette. Medium weight with ripe full tannins persistently tugging on the extra long finish. Over time coffee and compote notest evolved. Hard to beat.

1/8/2015 - julao Likes this wine:

1 bot regale a Luis Wertman y otra la tomé...., muy cerrado. Un par de dias despues y WOW, aun cubirto x la fza de taninos, pero de gran fineza, una bomba de frutos rojos y negros, mermelada, pimienta blanca, menta y un sofisticado y rwfinado cedro q envuelve todo el paladar......voy guardar al menos 5 años antes de probar de nuevo. Un gran tesoro!!