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2010 Aster Ribera del Duero Finca El Otero
Tempranillo
- Spain
- Castilla y León
- Ribera del Duero
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Community Tasting Notes 8
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PSPatrick wrote: 91 points
May 2, 2020 - Today I finally got to try a bottle of La Rioja Alta's venture in Ribera del Duero, Finca El Otero. The wine was dark ruby in colour und offered ripe red and dark berries, dark cherry, blood orange, coffee, dark chocolate, spices, vanilla, clove, liquorice and mineral notes on the nose and palate, with medium-level acidity, fine, firm tannin and good length of the dark chocolate bitter finish. The medium-bodied wine was ripe yet firm, and fairly smooth and balanced in the context of its youth. It was riper than La Rioja Alta's Riojas, but showed the same firmness the 904 Grand Reserva typically has in its youth. The wine still seemed to be holding back despite of extended aeration and I will hold my other bottles for at least five years, preferably ten years.
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Ajvandet Likes this wine: 91 points
April 24, 2020 - Excellent wine. Silky smooth. Some strawberry notes. Very well balanced. Too bad had just 1 bottle
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Koekewiet wrote: 94 points
November 1, 2019 - Fully developed with hints of rubber, vanilla, strawberry and tobacco. Velvetly feel. Tannins are softer than the previous bottle I drank some years ago. Now at peak? It will still develop but was excellent today!
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Ajvandet Likes this wine: 92 points
August 7, 2017 - This wine was absolutely lovely. It felt dry and tannic yet, went down smooth like oil. Windeeful aftertaste. Im upset that i didnt get a case
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Brnshj22 wrote:
May 4, 2017 - Objectively, this is a good and well-made wine but it just don't appeal to me. On the verge of being boring, this is big fruit, sweet tannins, burned rubber and sweet vanilla oak. Almost New Worldy and quite fankly, yawn... Too expensive for a wine in this category.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2010
- Type Red
- Producer Aster
- Varietal Tempranillo
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Finca El Otero
- Country Spain
- Region Castilla y León
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Ribera del Duero
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 40 (26%)
- Consumed 113 (74%)
Food Pairing
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Who Likes This Wine
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- RegionCastilla y León
- AppellationRibera del Duero
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